For years I have been a person who asked for freebies and samples. I remember a really cool class I took in 7th grade, probably one of the few rare good memories from that period of my life but anyhoo. It was a class based on consumerism, I don't remember the exact name, although I wish I did! I even remember my teacher was a petite dirty blonde and I remember finding her class fascinating! Back then teachers encouraged students to write letters. To their favorite authors such as I did in elementary and I recall the author sent be a standard but signed letter and a pin of some type. The author was a Newberry winner too, again can't remember the name yikes!
So this class on consumerism is where I learned that processed food generally has bug parts. Just a sad fact of life. It is protein after all. Hopefully since that time but knowing the FDA maybe things have improved in terms of bugs. But this teacher also asked us to pick a favorite item of ours and then write a letter to the company telling them why we liked their products. I of coursed picked Anais Anais perfume which at the time my mother's best friend Judy wore and as the Amazon Goddess she was, she ooze sexuality and I loved that about her. I adopted that perfume as a pre-teen and for a while my grandmother would buy me some but then she buy it too often I had 3 bottles at one point. Now I am of course years later all out. I must buy some soon for both me and Baba. She loves that scent as much as I do. The company Cacharel was kind enough to mail me 5 small tiny bottles (not the vials today) but real glass bottles of some really nice stuff, which of course both impressed my teacher on 2 accounts, my 5 little perfume values superseded my peers results from their companies and she wanted those perfume. Mom too I recall being very happy with the result and I gave her one I think it was Gucci? Channel? I don't know but some famous top of the line perfume that still popular today by those with money :)
Writing about my perfume kind of makes me sad too because from what Mom told me, Judy's disease, she has Huntington's is of course getting worse with each passing year. Looking back I regret not having been more forgiving of Judy when Papa died. I developed a grudge, something I picked up from a few family members but its not a trait I strive to have now and days. Judy wouldn't come to Papa's funeral and I wanted her there and it was expected she be there but she just couldn't do it. I don't remember the exact reasons why but from that moment on, we were never as close again. Compounding by years of on and off friendship between her and Mom. And at one point, the incident that severed the ties for good was when Judy hit/punched my Mom in the face! Ugh I am not surprised that 27% of people who have Huntington's kill themselves. It may be politically incorrect to say this but I do support the right to die if you reach a point of unbearable chronic, horrific long drawn out death such as suffocating to death from fluids or becoming a vegetable with no dignity or quality to life. If we do it for our pets why are we not humane to a person's right to exit life with dignity? I miss Judy.
My health lately has forced me to focus on work and then the rest of the time conserve energy to keep the neck problems from flaring up. Its a real nuisance compounded with this chronic heat induced headache by the heating systems in NYC. I have to keep reminding myself, use saline, be proactive with the OTC for migraines and try to use a lame ass neck collar at home which I am not sure if it helps or aggravates? Its too soon to say? I just brought it last weekend on Sunday night. And man I had that headache from hell for a good solid 5 days or longer. It almost came back today but I nipped that in the bud quickly by taking the OTC, saline and then taking a rather twilight nap that I didn't wake up feeling refresh from because I never really fell asleep ugh. But at least NO headache.
Been feasting on Matzo ball soup, perfect for the cold weather. For a while there I was feeling so sick from the headache I was suffering bouts of nausea which really sucked. I never did throw up but geez Louise no thanks! It wasn't bad enough that my headache felt like torture that I would've confessed to anything! And light bothered me not because I saw lines but just made it worse.
I was successful in defeating a virus that tried to takeover my laptop, hooray!
And since I've gone back to my hobby of requesting samples I have also been entering contests. So far I have won two. I am waiting for the prizes to arrive (mind you both are candy related, less that $5 total) but a win is a win right? Plus some of the samples I've received have been awesome!
I hope to have a little fun this weekend. Last weekend I was able to have a little fun Sun evening despite the raging headache my friend Lisa Simspon and I saw the movie "The Impossible" about the terrible, devastating tsunami from 2005. It was the 1st time using Sony Glasses. I liked them but they weigh too much that it began to hurt my nose and actually left an indentation, OUCH! I had no choice tho because it was the only way to follow the movie. I hope they become lighter in weight because right now too HEAVY!
This weekend I hope to actually get out some. I already have plans for Sunday Superbowl, whee!
And yeah I have been kind of antisocial. I really just haven't had much energy or relief from the headache/neck pains. When I don't feel well I just shut down. That's me, it will pass. I am not depressed but frankly my energy is just so limited these days. As Baba and I both know, pain wears you out. And worn out I am.
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