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Date Posted: 11:44:19 10/22/01 Mon
Author: trekbeez
Subject: Re: Whats happened to...
In reply to: AJanewayGroupie 's message, "Re: Whats happened to..." on 15:55:21 10/21/01 Sun

Witty banter, eh? Now I'm nervous. Oh, the pressure! ;)

Yeah. The night thing is difficult. Right now I'm working as a nanny, taking care of 14 week old twins. I've been on the same schedule as the mom, getting up for night feedings and the whole nine yards. The only difference is that I don't have the advantage of the hormones and antibodies that breastfeeding mothers have. Consequently, I was constantly run down and unable to ward off the germs and viruses I was exposed to. In fact, I sit at home right now, nursing a cold and a muscle spasm in my back, instead of cleaning baby puke off my shoulder (which I don't really mind). Any other job I would have gone in today. But, since I'm dealing with newborns with not fully developed immune systems, I have to be more careful. That, and the mother is a new mom and freaks out whenever I get a sniffle. Oh, well.

But, after a brief nap in a few moments, I'm hoping to do some writing today. Yay! Sometimes I'm at my best creatively when I have a slight cold and am a bit left of center, mentally. It's kind of like those 3-D pictures. In order to see what's really there, you have to let things go out of focus slightly, then all of a sudden, a whole new world opens up to you. And I don't even have to do any drugs to get there. :) Ok, unless you count the heavy duty cold medicine...

(On a serious note: I don't do drugs. Never have. Don't condone recreational drug use. Why I feel the need for a disclaimer here, of all places, I don't know. But just in case someone is lurking who might get the wrong idea, I figured I'd do a little PSA.)

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[> [> [> [> The conscience for us all, TB -- mika, 12:46:01 10/22/01 Mon

Amen to the disclaimer.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: The conscience for us all, TB -- trekbeez, 01:02:26 10/24/01 Wed

I can't help it. I work with kids, who I'd rather not see grow up to be crack heads. Know what I mean, Teach? :)

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Yup, you get what you mirror, doncha? -- mika, 21:53:54 10/24/01 Wed


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