Feel Like Ass

Wednesday, March 2, 2011
No, I don't feel like AN ass - I feel like ASS, which is a very technical military term denoting chills, fever, cough, burning sinuses and a sore throat.

I started feeling poorly on Saturday, and by Monday I was feeling a bit better. So of course I jumped on an airplane for Kansas City to ensure I would get steadily WORSE rather than BETTER.

The trip was full of "surprises," (like no maid service and an alarm clock that required a Ph,D in electrical engineering to operate), but it was a success. In the Chinese sense that a crisis is an opportunity. Now I have more work, and an executive escalation I need to resolve. Oh, and I'm scheduled to fly to NY on Monday.

FML, indeed.

The only pleasant surprise was that the rental car company was out of Ford Focuses (my usual POS), so I was allowed to pick whatever vehicle I wanted. I picked a 2011 black Ford Mustang GT. Vroom, vroom. That car looked awfully good on me, if I do say so myself. Of course I almost cried when I got home, climbed into the Jeep, pressed the gas and nothing happened. Clearly, I need a muscle car.

Tomorrow I'm going to tie up some loose ends at work, and then I'm going to pick up occasional commenter and longtime friend The Mechanicky Gal at the airport for a fun-filled weekend of food, laughter, spa treatments and (apparently) mucus. Of course I can't wait (except for the mucus part).

We may post photos, we may not. Regardless, I've been looking forward to this for a long while, and I'm not going to let a travel-induced creeping crud get in the way of my gal's weekend.


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6 comments:

Stacey said...

I'm so sorry you feel poorly. Hopefully the fun-filled weekend will work it's magic.

John the Scientist said...

Hope you get over the crap soon. Though NY has its own version going around, so be careful over here, too.

Since we failed to connect last time you were in our neck of the woods, what about a meat up with Nathan and I on this trip?

John the Scientist said...

Oh, and speaking of NY, feeling like ass is still better than smelling like ass. Just sayin...

Nathan said...

I have to say, I'm somewhat perplexed by the negative connotation of ass. Personally, I'm quite the fan of a shapely fundament.

And I've given up on being able to program a hotel alarm clock. The maids always mess up the AM and PM settings anyway. I only use the alarm on my phone now.

Phiala said...

Nathan does have a point. I think there's a definite difference between fine ass and nasty smelly ass.

I hope you quickly cease feeling like the latter.

Anne C. said...

ASS = Abominably Sick Suckas

You said it was a military term, so I knew that it was an acronym of some sort. :)

Hope the happy fun times makes you forget about feeling like abominably sick suckas.