Like Chicken Pox
Getting them as an adult...
I don't recommend it. Though granted, it generally isn't one's choice to contract these things. So at 40 years of age, why did it not dawn on me earlier to protect myself against it?
I have no good answer. Except to say that I simply wasn't paying attention.
PAY ATTENTION! IF YOU ARE AN ADULT WHO HAS NOT HAD CHICKEN POX AS A CHILD AND WERE NEVER VACCINATED AGAINST IT (which you were NOT prior to 1995, when it was licensed) THEN GET YOUR BUTT TO A DOCTOR AND GET A SHOT!
Have I managed to express the sense of urgency that I intended?
I have the chicken pox. It is most unpleasant. And that is a gross understatement. Is it really worse as an adult like they say or are adults merely more dramatic and not as stoic about pain as small children? I don't know but man, it stinks! And the lovely appearance, like that of an escaped leper or the unfortunate target of a swarm of killer bees, is its own reward.
I feel compelled to quietly explain myself, defend myself, to people as they avert their eyes, trying not to stare.
"Chicken pox." I say with a shrug and roll of the eyes. A comment to which I am assured much "Ohhing and Ahhing" which is not why I say it. Honest. I pull myself together in the morning, you see, so I have a certain level of vanity that is pretty much shattered with my recent 'good' fortune. sigh. I'm glad I'm not single and in the dating game this week.
So all things happen for a reason hu? Still looking for the hidden meaning in this one.
Happy spring!
2 comments:
Makes me glad I suffered through them for two weeks in second grade. The couple of scars I have on my face have just now faded to the point that it's hard for ME to find them.
Chanting the mantra "This to shall pass." could take your mind off the unpleasantness for a minute or so...or you could imagine the snow that is currently falling in TC and have a good chuckle. Good luck. ;-)
So then my scars should fade when I'm about 70. Ok, good I'll be looking forward to that. :-)
Rob will be flying into that storm on Friday morning. hee hee. You had a couple nice weeks there. How is your little bundle of joy? And Kellyn too? Har har.
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