shoe, this isn’t a command, request, or offer. It’s a plea. Please get a carbon monoxide detector TODAY. You should be able to get one for $25 or so at a big box store. We’re quite fond of you around here and would feel awful if something bad happened to you. If not for yourself, do it for the critters.
Also, shoe, I’m glad you’re feeling a bit better in the noggin department. Don’t worry about Michigan winters. (Haven’t lived there but have visited often and have family there.) OK, snow and cold last 3-4 months, minimum, but you don’t have to be out in it. You’ll be snug inside, maybe wrapped in a blanket and sipping hot cider. Also, you won’t be burning yourself when you go out to start your car.
Oh, and take it from a retired English teacher: that “don’t end a sentence with a preposition” rule is for the birds. It’s a grammar rule made up by a yutz (Joshua Poole, possibly with John Dryden) who was trying to align English with Latin, and it’s led to awkward syntax and plenty of headaches. No offense to Mrs. Mendina: the rule was pounded into her head, too.
aka Moooomday. I bet she’d give you a gold star.
I had no idea that was a possibility! Thanks for fighting my ignorance.
I’m afraid to say this for fear of jinxing it, but I’m doing better today. I’m not back to normal, but I took a shower, and it only made me a little itchier. Today’s the first day without prednisone, so I’m not counting on this continuing, but I’m hopeful. I did not take the Doxepin because I was feeling a little better last night and because the vision/glaucoma warning scares me. I’ve fought too hard for too long to keep the vision I have to mess it up. I’ll call the eye clinic tomorrow and see what they think.
I’m making a big pot of soup. It’s the same one I made awhile back. I don’t have a name for it. It’s just chicken broth with yams. parsnips, carrots, apple, fresh ginger, onions, and garlic. It’s filling and nutritious.