Don't Think

Every once in a while, the universe takes time out of its busy day to look down and say, "Hey, Sheepie!  We don't pay you to think!"

Sometimes I need the reminder.  I have a tendency to believe that I have a clue and the universe is justified in stepping in every now and again.  

For example, I thought that I was grumpy and out of sorts today because it was the first day back at school after a week's vacation.  I know I'm supposed to be all grateful for the ample vacation time I get.  And I am.  I really, really am.  But the first Monday back is always kind of a slap in the face.

I thought that I was running late today because it was the first Monday and that I was having trouble remembering my routine.  Sometimes I can't even get out of my own way.  I swear to you, there are days, I can't believe they let me own property or vote...

I thought that the pain I felt in my ear the other day was due to my traipsing around the beach Friday morning in the below-freezing breezes.  Sometimes the cold gives me an earache.  

I thought that my not being particularly interested in much of anything that was going on at my teaching job was due to that whole Monday thing I mentioned before and because I was forced to deal with the some of the fallout from the unfortunate student incident which occurred the day before we all scattered for vacation.

I thought that the aching in my fingers yesterday was due to my having started and ripped umpty-gajillion different sock patterns for the better part of a Sunday.

I finally settled on the Lacy Mock Cable Socks.  I rather like them...

I thought that my utter dread of the next snow storm, bearing down upon us for a Tuesday afternoon arrival, was due to the sinus pain all the changes in pressure is causing me.  

I thought that maybe I was just all Seasonally Affected and that I needed a dose of spring.  But, the warm temperatures today didn't seem to be making me feel any better about anything.

I thought a lot of things.  I do that sometimes.  But, you know...there is another possibility here. It could be (and I'm just tossing this one out there) that my inability to focus, the pain in my noggin area, my aching joints and my utter disregard for the employment which pays the bills is due to the slight fever I am currently sporting.  

It's just a thought.  I don't generally run high fevers.  In fact, my usual body temperature is somewhere between "Hugging An Iceberg" and "Dead."  Even a low fever tends to make its presence known.  It could be that I was over-thinking all that other stuff.  The universe might just have a point.

However, I certainly hope the universe also has some sort of plan for me to recover quickly.  Not to get too caught up in the logistics of it all, but I think I may have little to no time for sickness right now.  I think that the timing is bad.  I think the universe needs to send me some chicken soup and a decongestant and that it needs to be quick about it.

It's just a thought.  (Stupid universe...)

SA