Back in the saddle again…

When you fight being sick, you get sicker.  It happens and I have learned that lesson the hard way:

2006: I fight being sick because of greed looking at a $600 weekend payday with remotes.

Result: End up in the hospital missing all the remotes with Meningitis and not only losing the $600 but paying hospital bills of over $5,000 .

2003: I fight allergic reaction to cat when I knew that the odds of me having the cat jump into my face are low.  I go home and take a hot shower after the cat jumps into my face.

Result: End up in the hospital missing two days of work due to my “Self Doctoring”.

I could go on but the point is made.

Doctors are the WORST patients.

So yesterday when I felt even worse, I tried doing what I normally do, which is work through it.

But then …

my body gave me the ultimate kick in the ass.  Complete loss of voice. Do not pass go… Do not collect $200.

Go directly home and sleep.  The office called while I was sleeping.  At one point I told them “Stop asking me if I am coming in tomorrow or I won’t come in!”

Then the big boss called and asked me to pull some strings at the hospital so he could get in and out quickly.

Even sick,  I still am needed. 

You are needed.  I am pleased as punch that my friend Poker Enthusiast aka Dusty Rhodes sent in the most powerful writing I have ever read in his ode to his father.  Pauly and the rest of the writers of Truckin do such a great job and they work so hard.  But the only credit they get is when people share the link with others.

You can do it.  Pass it on.

Let’s get on the road with another edition of :

1. Sundays by Paul McGuire
I held four crappy jobs and had to work on Sundays at an art museum. Most of the time, I got baked in the parking lot and just stood around making sure the post-church and post-brunch crowd kept their grubby mitts off the paintings… More

2. Prison Justice by Dr. Chako
Hateem’s crime must have been grave. They broke his ankles and elbows, of course. What happened next is beyond human understanding. At least five executioners must be involved. After the arms and legs, you’d think Hateem’s spirit would be broken, but you’d be wrong. They must be swift. From the time the gag comes out, the screaming must be intolerable… More

3. Egotistical: Three Examples by Sean Lovelace
The radio was playing angry girl bands. I love and have always loved angry girl bands. They have what I call fuck you. Also I was waiting on a girl. A cute bra-less girl who would soon leap off a balcony… More

4. High School Reunion by Johnny Hughes
He kept asking me if I remembered people which I didn’t, but he told me all about them anyway. No one would ever forget Bobby, especially me. Now the most mellow guy in West Texas had a license to carry a hand gun… More

5. Ode to…. by Dusty Rhodes
Death is natural. We will all die and we will all have friends and family that die. It is a hard thing to deal with but it has to be done. People cry, people act strong, people try to empathize but can’t truly understand what it is that you are going through. Our experiences are all different but I can’t imagine anyone who likes dealing with these things… More