Thursday, December 17, 2009

My Very Own Moment

I wasn't able to eat at all today, save for a package of Chomps, a peppermint mocha and two wheat thins.

Feeling crappy due to the calorie deficit, I decided at 8:30 PM that maybe, just maybe, I needed to create an "experience" for myself rather than simply force myself to eat.

I carefully chopped and sliced and melted and poured then grabbed the most recent issue of Real Simple. I sat down at the table by myself with a glass of malbec, and a plateful of carrots, celery, a granny smith apple and a few slices of from a sourdough baguette, all of which I dipped into cheese fondue while leafing through my magazine and sipping my wine.

I was, in that moment, utterly and completely sustained.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

A Sickness Carol (by popular demand...☺)

The Twelve Days of Sickness...

On the first day of sickness my illness gave to me a painful, swollen right knee.

On the second day of sickness my illness gave to me forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the third day of sickness my illness gave to me extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the fourth day of sickness my illness gave to me severe neck pain, extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the fifth day of sickness my illness gave to me five little seizures! Severe neck pain, extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the sixth day of sickness my illness gave to me many mouth ulcers, five little seizures! Severe neck pain, extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the seventh day of sickness my illness gave to me a case of pleurisy, many mouth ulcers, five little seizures! Severe neck pain, extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the eighth day of sickness my illness gave to me a lovely low-grade fever, a case of pleurisy, many mouth ulcers, five little seizures! Severe neck pain, extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the ninth day of sickness my illness gave to me nine rounds of puking, a lovely low-grade fever, a case of pleurisy, many mouth ulcers, five little seizures! Severe neck pain, extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the tenth day of sickness my illness gave to me ten dark blue fingers, nine rounds of puking, a lovely low-grade fever, a case of pleurisy, many mouth ulcers, five little seizures! Severe neck pain, extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the eleventh day of sickness my illness gave to me inexplicable weight loss, ten dark blue fingers, nine rounds of puking, a lovely low-grade fever, a case of pleurisy, many mouth ulcers, five little seizures! Severe neck pain, extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.

On the twelfth day of sickness my illness gave to me pericarditis, inexplicable weight loss, ten dark blue fingers, nine rounds of puking, a lovely low-grade fever, a case of pleurisy, many mouth ulcers, five little seizures! Severe neck pain, extreme fatigue, forgetfulness and a painful, swollen right knee.