Walking Backwards

Damn the fact that I am in the high risk group regarding flu shots. I hate getting a flu shot because I always feel like crap for a couple of days afterward. Since I'm in the high risk group, my doctor put the pressure on me today to just get it over with. I'm really surprised because I thought, with the flu vaccine shortage, they would be happy to have a few extra people skip out this year. No, I should only be so lucky. They had already pulled the dose before even asking me about it. That's a bit presumptuous, don't you think? I stood my ground long enough to be lectured on how a cold almost put me in the hospital this January and that the flu might just do me in and won't you think of the children. What really convinced me was realizing that this is the first year Nicholas has to make it through cold and flu season at preschool. I'm betting that every child falls sick at least once and that I'll get to be exposed to all of it, too. Anything that will be a barrier between me and toddler germs is a welcome addition (even if it has to enter my body through a needle in my arm). I just hope I lose this achy feeling before I'm helping parent on Thursday.


I discovered I have a spider living on my rear-view mirror. I don't typically pay much mind to the million or so tiny spiders that I constantly see around my house and yard, but this guy has been there for a few days. Its funny to see him clinging for dear life as I barrel down the highway and they crawl out to spin yet another web connecting my mirror to the driver's window. You'd think after surviving the first trip, he would pick someplace a little more hospitable. I'm glad he has decided to hang out with us, though.