murphy's law of the three-day weekend

Why does it always seem that when I finally get three days that I don't have to get up at the crack of dawn, the universe also sends me a sore throat/cold?

It's as if my body is saying, "No, you're not just gong to kick back this weekend, you need to get horizontal!"

Seriously, I think the last long weekend I had a tummy bug.

Oh well, getting some extra, extra nap time isn't all that bad I guess, and I do have a bunch of books I need to read ... if I can stay awake.


1937 Bayer Aspirin ad from Period Paper

antibiotics and tacos

The kid was cranky and tired and moving like a glacier this morning, so I gave her one more stay at home day to get back from her ear infection. I needed to run some errands this afternoon and she requested a Double Decker from Taco Bell. Ahhh, the powers of television advertising. But I believe in the school of thought that when you're sick, you should get what you want to offset the being sick part, so her wish was my command. And now for an antibiotic chaser ...

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