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And now I have to take extra underwear to work…

“Not cool!  This is NOT cool!”  I exasperate. “What?  What is it?”  David responds. “I peed my pants FIVE  times today while coughing!!!” “Oh hon… You’ll do better tomorrow…  Tomorrow you can make it to six!” “Do NOT make me laugh.”  I have already crossed my thighs in preparation for any laugh leakage. David and…

The common cold – anti-aphrodisiac…

“Ooooh… naked body…” says David as we hop into the shower together.  He presses himself against me. “Dude.“ “What?”  He lathers me suggestively. COUGH.  COUGH.  HACK.  WHEEZE.  spit. He stops momentarily.  “You okay?” “Oh yeah, I’m great.  Lung butter up to my clavical, but I’m good.” “You know what would make you feel better?”  Without…

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If my breasts were 22, this wouldn’t happen!

“Just one more?  Please can’t we watch just one more?” I beg. “No Mummy.  We’ve already watched three episodes.  You’re done,” says Rissa. I look over to David forlornly. He shrugs.  “The kid has spoken.  It’s bedtime for Bonzo.” I throw myself across their laps, wailing in dissatisfaction.  They are unmoved.  As I am lying…

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My get up and go has f@¢#ed off… how do women survive middle-age?

On the plus side?  I’m 46 years old and still alive.   If this were the Middle Ages, I’d be dead already, or close to dead, or, at the very least, a great-Grandma, with incredibly saggy boobs because they didn’t have proper brassieres back then. On the minus side?  The part of my brain that is…

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Why yes, this IS what middle-aged hair looks like…

“Heather, what do you want for… HOLY CRAP!!!” says David as he sticks his head behind the shower curtain.  He’s reacting to the shower wall, upon which I have left all the ‘extra’ hair from my head.  And by ‘extra’ hair, I mean the hair that I regularly lose when I wash my hair.  “Are…

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It all comes down to chicken vaginas…

“So what did you do in school today?” “We had a work period in English.” “Journal entries for your ISU?” “Yep.” “Oh, and in Geography we got to watch a video.” “What kind of video?” “A video about sewers.  It’s called Crap Shoot.” “Seriously?”  I burst into laughter.  “Madame showed you a video about sewers…