Fringe Benefits

I should have my picture taken right now. It is a sad fact that I never seem to look better than when I am really sick.

I lose a little weight, my eyes take on a darker hue and the area around them is darker, the fever gives me a bright blush and all this steaming for my lungs has the secondary benefit of making my skin look really soft and clear.

Hurrah for pneumonia! Now if I only felt good, it would be wonderful. I feel like I could sleep forever even when I am sleeping. I dreamed I was too tired to climb up the steps in my dream.

It is amazing what a little boiling water can do. An old Hungarian Doctor once told me that steaming is what they used to do in the days before antibiotics. Make a tent over a pan of steaming hot water and it clears up the pain in my lungs for a couple of hours and even helps my sinuses. Don’t worry though. I have an antibiotic too.

Someone had the gall to mention that whenever I am really sad, I get sick. This is not that. Somewhere I caught this germ up front and in person!