Quote Of The Day
" Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
- Albert Einstein
As some of you who like my posts and are faithful readers have noticed I have been absent from ActiveRain since the end of the year.
I want to thank all of-you that sent inquires as to my health and wellbeing. I will briefly tell you how my New Year started and then I will attempt to answer each of you individually day by day.
On Jan 1,2008 I made a trip to Texas to visit my daughter and had a delightful time. Om my return trip via American Airlines I boarded the plan only to be held at the boarding gate for two hours before the plane was allowed to take off. Now normally I don't partake of the meal (?) they offer to SELL you because I value not only my health but my taste buds as well, but not being a breakfast eater and having spent almost 4 hours in the terminal and the airplane before take off I thought what the heck, I bought one of their "gourmet" sandwiches. Which I did. I ate that with a coke to choke er, ah, swallow it down. On arriving home I had dinner which my son, who is NOT a gourmet cook thoughtfully fixed for us. It didn't go down very well and the next morning I really didn't feel very well. In fact the night before I felt very nauseated. As the day progressed I felt worse and I realized by the end of the day I was really sick. I wasn't sure if it was the airline food or the recirculated air they talk about, but not being prone to the flu I thought more about food poisoning. But as the days went buy with frequent (every ten minutes) runs to the bathroom, I soon realized I must have the flu. I was down in bed for six weeks and was about to go to the doctor when I started feeling better. But it was a tough six weeks. It took another three weeks to get my strength back.
Then an unexpected move came up and I have been busy packing and unpacking trying to get settled so I could get back to work.
Not that any of you really wanted to know this much but I thought I would let you know I'm still here. I wasn't just being, or ignoring those who were kind enough to write.
I guess I have to agree with the quote. Being a very healthy person most of the time, I don't count my health as a blessing as often as I should , so from now on, I will count that which can't be counted more often and I will ignore that which can be counted....except for you my dear friends and readers.
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