A group of women were chatting about a guy we all know. He seemed like the perfect man, by his own accounts. He claims to cook gourmet meals, has mastered housework and child care as a single parent with shared custody, has a ton of money from extensive education and a prosperous career, respects women. What more could we ask?
Well, I asked if he can dance and he reluctantly admitted that, no, he has never bothered to learn to dance.
Everyone left the discussion, bitterly disappointed. The search continues.
My first exposure to administering drugs into the body using an adhesive patch (rather than a pill or a shot) was back in the early 1990′s when my son was very sick. He needed help with pain killers and his body couldn’t tolerate any more more abuse of his digestive tract. So he was prescribed a state-of-the-art pain patch. It looked like a large square band aid that you peeled off a backing and stuck onto your arm or shoulder area. The medicine is absorbed through the skin instead of through the stomach.
Now they have patches for many different types of medicines and many types of conditions, from anti-smoking to birth control to motion sickness. This is one of the great but mostly unheralded advances of modern medicine. It made a tremendous difference in the care and quality of life of my son and I know it has helped millions since then.
The new Eagles album is out and the first cut to get airplay around here is the song, “Busy Being Fabulous.” I think it is a great slam on the celebrities and too powerful snobs like politicians, CEOs and bosses everywhere. With a very simple and constant refrain, “you were just too busy being fabulous to care about us.”
I wonder if anyone actually said those very words to one of them or if they were able to figure it out for themselves?
I know of one new baby born this year on Leap Day. I don’t think she has a name yet, as her parents were surprised that she came a couple weeks early. Mom and daughter are doing OK – that’s the important part – and now she gets a special birthday date, too.
To the rest of the Leap Day birthday boys and girls, hope you enjoy your special day today, and that this year ahead is your best one, EVER!
It’s the new year but I’ve got a case of the Blues. January is a cold, wet, dark month. I can’t wait for it to end.February is at least a short month, then we can move along into Spring.
