Men Are From Mars and Women From Venus (or is it the other way around)

How about that cold wind yesterday? It ripped across the landscape. I felt the need of a scarf to hold over my nose and mouth while out and about. I've had a viral infection in my sinuses for a couple of weeks and it was driving me nuts so I went to my G.P. last evening. He confirmed the above diagnosis and said, if I wait it out a full two weeks it should be gone. He checked my ears and said they were both plugged tight. So the process to unplug them began. The nurse worked at least a half hour irrigating them with peroxide water. NOTHING It didn't move. So finally the doctor resorted to a little vacuum. It did the job. It is amazing what difference it made in the condition of my head. I can feel my sinuses drying up. Now is it that the two weeks is nearly over or that the unplugged ears made the difference? Something I will never know.

I have this little scaly spot on my nose which the doctor burned off a couple months ago. It began to come back. He gave me a couple of choices. Go to a dermatologist or burn it one more time and the third......get a cream that will take care of it in eight weeks. I opted for the later. BUT...when Ken went to get it, our share was almost seventy dollars. The insurance paid 330.00. Ouch! The doc didn't warn me about that. Let's just hope it does the trick. I wonder what that stuff is made from...something from the rain forests I suppose. :)

I am home today. Just hearing the words sounds sweet. I'm still in my jammys and it is past ten o'clock. If you came to my door, I'd run and hide but as long as you all stay away awhile I'm comfy and cozy the way things are. I'm still nursing my first cup of hot liquid but it is almost gone. I need this day to veg and recover from what has been a very busy week so far.

I've been thinking this morning and wondering if any of the rest of the women readers notice that when something is a man's idea, he thinks it is great but when the woman comes up with something she thinks is significant, it holds no virtue. Such has been our morning here. When I was with my friends in the east early this week, they were installing plastic over their living room windows. I was truly impressed with the outcome and noticed it cut way down on the amount of cold that came in from the outside. I went to Walmart and bought a box to do our front bay which needs replacing but seems to always be on the bottom of our urgent list. I noticed when I took the box out of the bag that there was little interest on the part of my man. You know what I mean? I waited until today when I had nothing pressing and once the man was out the door to the coffee shop, I started my project. I had it complete when he came home. It was then that he shared the obvious which I should have known. "Those things trap the moisture and rot the wood". Oh sure, likely story. I guess that is a possibility if they would be left up indefinately but these will come down by the end of Feb. A few rather unattractive words were exchanged and that was that. I'm not sure why he cares if the wood rots on that old window he has refused to fix over the years because it wasn't worthy. The bay window has been one of contention between us for as long as we have lived here. Ach! Who can explain the mind of a man? The last words that came out of his mouth were, "Well, we will see." I'm not sure what there is to see. When I stand in front of those windows I feel a draft, now I don't. I already see.Oh Lord, I am not sure why you made us sooooo different....the sexes, I mean. Perhaps you didn't make us so different but sin got in the way. That must be it. Bridge the gap!

BTW, my husband does read my blog. :)