My Cuddly Son

Date: 10/20/02

     My cuddly son - on seeing me collapsed after a day of hard yard work
      (having done the gym at work Friday)
      - I had spent the day whacking out the grass and weeds out of the front garden
      (not finished yet either)
      and trimming trees (some) and pulling up squash plants
      (dead now)
      and all but one tomato and cucumber
      (I will do more cucumbers next year - delicious!)
      I had pulled and hauled and raked
      So I was tired
     
      He crawled into my bed, pulled the big feather down comforter over us
      (He's warm and he was trying to warm me up so my hips wouldn't hurt
      - which I had said that they were)
      It was lovely warm - but I hurt too much to sleep
      (I doze in fits - even after a light Coors beer)
      He fell asleep and stayed there two hours until I woke him up
      (I needed to turn over - my hip was screaming)
      He was all warm and sleepy
      (adorable really)
      But I needed to cook the meat I had defrosted
     
      I was eating everything I could - Medifast, 2 squares dark chocolate, 2 big fig neutons,
      the steak with green beans and potatoes
      (sliced, from a can)
      coffee, beer, water,
      and then a 1/2 Klondike ice cream bar
     
      Then I remembered
      I had not taken my vitamin pills -
      any of them
      My body wanted nutrients and was on a search and destroy mission
      So I had better be good today and swallow all that
     
      I've wanted tapioca all day long -
      ate cheese too -
      because I ran out of Calcium pill two days ago -
      that's a hint! You think?