Logical Jennifer

There are a number of moderately stressful things going on in the world right now so Logical Jennifer is very busy lecturing me inside my head. Luckily (since she is logical - not emotional) - she's not being mean, just repeating various mantras - such as...

-the media likes to blow things out of proportion,
-the flu is often deadly, regardless of the strain,
and of course...
-Life is much too short to allow myself to be paralyzed with fear.

I have to say that I really appreciate good ol' L.J. although I'm not sure how much longer she'll be able to stay on top. My husband is about to leave on a trip with his dad, I'm having trouble keeping up with my kids' schedules, and (assuming I can find a babysitter) I'll be attending a funeral on Saturday for a former co-worker.

So I strongly suspect that Emotional Jennifer will re-emerge sometime within the next 48 hours.

On the upside, however:
- I will be attending an event tomorrow evening to try to hook up with non-profits that need board members
- I organized my daughter's wardrobe (getting rid of winter and outgrown clothes)
AND (last but not least)
- I'm receiving daily compliments about my new hairstyle

So - all is not lost. Anyway - I'm pretty hardheaded so I'll just keep plugging away. Worst case scenario - if I become sick with the flu, just think how much blogging I'll be able to accomplish! I'll probably be the first person to ever develop carpal tunnel syndrome as a complication from the flu.

(cough, cough...)

Here I am, playing with my Blackberry as I waited ENDLESSLY for the doctor this evening. I decided to hit the after-hours clinic because, on the off-chance that it was flu kicking my butt (as opposed to some vague virus-type thing), I wanted to get my whole family on Tamiflu before it ruined our Disney World vacation.

Because, don't you know that would be the worst?????

My mom had flu the first time we ever went to Disney World. Ugh. No kidding.

Anyway - no flu for Jenn - whoopee!! Just a cough, fever, aches, and really bad headaches. Luckily the after hours doc didn't seem to be one of those conservative types. She said it was probably a virus but since I'd been dealing with it for about a week, she'd go ahead and give me a Z-Pack "just to be sure." You go, doc!

Of course -half of Austin was at my Walgreens so I don't have the drugs yet...but I will. Maybe I'll pick up some food while I'm out because I'm so hungry. Ooooo....but wait.... aren't you supposed to starve a fever? If so, that sounds rather uncool tonight. My fever wants to EAT, darn it.