Since I've had the good fortune to rarely be ill, I forget the procedures that go with sickness. It didn't occur to me to take a couple of ibuprofen until 5:30 AM this morning. By ten I was feeling a lot better. I had the TV on all night, as I had difficulty sleeping. Nyquil is another of the things I've overlooked. It puts me to sleep. When I went out at 5:45 AM, I hung out near my usual book nook hoping a parking spot near the corner would open up so that I wouldn't have to lug the crates very far. Sure enough, an SUV pulled out and I pulled in just 30 feet from the nook. It saved me a lot of energy. Sales were disappointing but, looking at it from another perspective, I didn't spread my germs around too much. My thanks to the woman who bought Danielle Steel's
The Mirror Image, which two of my regulars highly recommended, and to Alan, who purchased a thriller by Lisa Gardner, one of those authors who seem to write a book a week. Afterward, I headed to CVS, which is undergoing renovation. One of the staff had to go into the back to get me a quart of milk. Only the large sizes of Nyquil were available. I passed, as my history has been to take it on two consecutive nights to get past the height of the affliction. If I suffer another sleepless night, I'll look for it at Stop n Shop in the morning. Every Thursday I buy a dixie cup of Edy's Mint Chocolate Chip (livin' large, I know). I'm looking forward to it as much as someone who's had a tonsillectomy. After CVS I went to Waj's gyro truck. He said the chicken wouldn't be ready for ten minutes. I needed a nap and couldn't wait. I went back at four. Usually, the mail comes at around three on Wednesday afternoon, after five most days. On Saturday the mailman, Ken, was finishing up at seven PM. The box was empty, so I'll have to check again later. These kinds of snafus are all the more annoying when one is suffering a cold. It's small potatoes, I know, measured against what goes on in the world every day. It's amazing how self absorbed it can make a person.
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