2002 Story Set
| May 19, 2002 Day 33 Saturday May 18, 2002 SVC Meeting Day 7:35 AM I am up and attempting to wake up enough to get to the SVC chapter of Romance Writers of America, Silicon Valley Chapter, at the Wyndam hotel. I had thought it was at the Westin - I always confuse those two. I have coffee and the last biscuit, which, lacking salt, my son did not eat. Waste not, want not. Ignoring Waist not, want ignored. I have one egg left in the house (barring the egg substitute). I need that. Pills and inhaler and a shower, in that order. Dog is out, cat pan fresh, chinchilla given her shredded wheat. OK. I can go find clothes now. Meeting at 9:45 AM. Maybe. Well, well, well. I stopped for directions twice and they did not know. I drove up and down and around. And finally, after about 20 minutes (one more turn and I will go home!) I found the hotel. I made it in time for the meeting's speaker. At 12:12 PM I reached for my pill. Well, lo and behold, it was not in my purse. After a frantic search, I stayed until 2:15 PM and broke for home. Down one antibiotic. I searched the house from stem to stern, even washed the car (for the birds and the flowering-fruiting tree had decorated the nose of my shinny Tacoma). No joy. I searched through trash. No joy. I dumped out my purse and then dumped out my medicine box. No joy. I totally give up! The package the Avalox is in is not that little (3" wide). I hunted through wastepaper baskets, in the fridge (you never know), the freezer, the cupboard. I ate the remaining lemon pie filling after I ate the last two See's candies (so I could toss out the box). Not under the bed, not in the bathroom, not in a shoe. I will have to call my doctor Monday for advice. Suppose to take 10 same time every day - I ended up late by two hours. I shortcut the meeting my 2 1/2 hours. Damn. I KNOW I laid it out special. I KNOW it was with the manuscripts I was taking. So where on this earth is it? I checked the car when I washed it. I looked at the ground. In the flower bed. I'm going to go rest with a diet soda now. My son is only just up and at 4:30 PM he has just taken his second set of 4 pills and his lunch. Beef loin is defrosting in the sink. No, the pill isn't there either. 7:50 PM I have dozed and listened to the Ice House on BBC Mystery. I was tired. Amazing. But the nose is still draining and the congestion still there, but significantly better. 11:00 PM Blew my nose so much that I have a mild nose bleed. Gave up and took Sudafed. Reading and dozing. Gave kid his pills and his GCSF shot. He hates them more all the time. So do I. |
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