I am realizing - by the stilted reactions of several acquaintances - that there's a bit of a stigma around mono.
"Mono? Feel better."
"Mono? How'd that happen?"
"Mono? I always knew you were a whore."
You get the picture.
I sincerely wish I'd had some of the fun involved with contracting this evil virus. It would make having my ass embedded in the couch so much more enjoyable, with at least a few good memories to pass the time.
Mono IS contracted via saliva. It can be spread if a person sneezes on their hand and then shakes hands with someone or touches a door knob/handle.
Which is how I got it. I'm assuming.
Perhaps this isn't the best time to confess my penchant for sucking on door knobs? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am listening to: A very quiet house I am reading: A user experience assessment for Zumies And I am: Crabby and tired
"This is Dr. Zimmer from Dr. C____'s office, has anyone called you about your blood work yet?"
"No..."
"You have mono."
"That's GREAT. I'm not crazy." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pos: "You may have mono, but that's not a mutually exclusive condition from 'crazy'." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am listening to: Gromit breathing I am reading: Googled 'mono' And I am: Relieved
Anyhow, here are some good things from the past week: "You've lost 5 lbs. since we saw you between Christmas and New Year." - my doctor, today Watched Slumdog Millionaire - good story, a little contrived, but good. And the soundtrack is awesome Taught myself how to add motion to a PowerPoint presentation It might not seem like a big deal to you, but as one friend puts it, I'm easily amused All of the Christmas decorations are finally down/away as of last weekend I am wearing Christmas socks, compliments of Mom. They are comfy. The Red Cross, making it easy for all of us lazy-asses to help Haiti via texting Craig Ferguson Talking to Judy last night about her brilliant book exchange idea "Did you hear Pat Robertson said Haiti made a deal with the devil?" - me "And that's why they've been living so well all these years?" - Jim I've been having my nails done on a regular basis for about two months now My hands have NEVER looked nice - and now they do It's a totally girly thing but it makes me feel good so fuck it The mentor meeting went well last week - I'm supposed to write my obituary by Jan. 22 when he gets back from Mexico I don't think he's planning on killing me - yet I am wearing my favorite sweatshirt from Granite Peak in Wausau, WI The house is clean Two weeks, 4 days from tomorrow I'll be on my favorite beach with a few of my favorite people ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am listening to: CNN Haiti coverage I am reading: Ugh - nothing And I am: Tired and crabby
Because of the weather, I spent a good portion of today desperately trying to get two co-workers home to Chicago from Syracuse, New York.
Lessons learned:
1) Delta's automated phone thingy is rigged. It pretends it doesn't hear you say 'representative'. Every. Fucking. Time. How do I know this? I called them five times in the course of 90 minutes and no matter how clearly I enunciated 're-pre-sen-ta-tive' the automated douchetool said "I'm sorry, I didn't hear your answer, do you want to blah di blah di blah?"
2) "That flight was ticketed by US Airways, so you'll have to contact them." - United Airlines.
3) "That flight is operated by United Airlines, so you'll have to contact them." - US Airways.
4) If the tickets you're after are no longer available on the Delta site, try Northwest.
5) Expedia and Orbitz are completely worthless in this scenario -- apparently you need to "contact the airline to book these tickets" during snowstorms.
6) There are no Amtrak trains from Milwaukee to Chicago after 7:45 pm on a Thursday.
7) Contrary to its name, Metra's Milwaukee District North Line does NOT go to/from Milwaukee.
8) If you're super duper nice, the hotel folks will cancel your just-in-case reservation without a penalty.
9) To keep your job, resist the urge to say "You're fucked!" (like the gobble-gobble car rental clerk in Trains, Planes and Automobiles) to your stranded boss and co-worker.
I finally booked these guys on the only flight out of Syracuse that wasn't cancelled.
On Delta. Via the Northwest Airlines web site.
To Milwaukee. Via Cincinnati.
Here's hoping they made it home safely tonight.
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I am listening to: NBC 5 News
I am reading: Ugh - trying to get back into Eat Pray Love but haven't made it any farther than eat
