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Aye, Me Hardies!

I woke up this morning with pink eye. Yuck.

Not sure where it came from, but when I got up, only one eye would open. The affected eye was glued shut with a huge boogeriffic glob of goo. It took a washcloth, lots of hot water and the sacrifice of numerous eyelashes to get it all cleaned off. Then I was treated to the reddest eyeball I've ever seen... it ain't pretty, folks. Add that to my sore throat and my drippy nose and I'm a total mess.

My boss didn't want me to work (imagine that!), so in spite of my blechy feeling, I've devoted the day to being in my studio... Asia was disappointed that I wasn't working - seems my presence was going to throw off his Friday groove with the kids - so I told him to pretend I'm not here and I've been creating all day - it's been fabulous! If I wasn't so ugly to look at, I'd say this was the best day I've had all week. Wait - I'm all alone here, and nobody's looking at my ugly eye - this is the best day of my week! Even though I feel pretty lousy, it's good to get stuff accomplished and feel no guilt - I'm not stealing time away from anyone by holing up in here - nobody expects anything from me, cause I'm not even supposed to be here! There's a tremendous amount of freedom in that. I'm intrigued by how much I'm enjoying this feeling.

I don't want to lose my momentum, so I'm outa here for now...

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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  1. Anonymous6:25 PM

    Oh man... I'm so sorry about your eye. That sounds painful and yucky. YAY Asia on taking over and leaving you in total peace. How awesome is that? Still, if you don't feel good, that's just too bad. I hope that your eye heals quickly and that your sore throat and drippy nose are soon a distant memory. Take care, Cathy. I'm sending you get well wishes.

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  2. Christine Boles7:28 AM

    "boogeriffic"- that's like the best invented word I've seen in a long time.
    Boogeriffic.
    HA!

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