missed a day

Last night 

Super tired and medicated. 

I feel as though I missed a day somewhere. 

It seems I have caught the dreaded CRUD. 

Scratchy throat, deep cough. 

Everyone says “Oh it’s just allergies!”

So I guess I caught “allergies.”

I wear a mask to prevent me 

sneezing on my patients. 

I woke up two nights ago 

In a cold sweat. 

If I have to miss anymore work,

It will put a damper on my trip. 

I missed a week when The Baby died. 

And almost as much when Paul died. 

That’s a vacation right there! 

I am not on salary. 

If I don’t cross the threshold of the door, 

I no gett-ee the money! 

Plus all that cross crossing 

through unpaved backroads

Through forests and the High Desert. 

I literally was weeping

 to think I would have to go. 

If there were rain...

If there were frost...

If there were freezing temperatures...

The first leg of the trip was added on 

To accommodate for Sping Break. 

I hadn’t planned on that,

And the O’KEEFEE Homestead 

Is closed that week. 

So I decided was to go a week early. 

However- 

That would make my vacation 

Nearly 3 weeks long! 

I would need a vacation 

To recover from my vacation! 

So I flipped the script. 

I’ll go see Miss Georgia 

the week AFTER Spring Break. 

And cut the trip back to 2 weeks. 

A pretty sunrise. 

Hella windy days though. 

That’s March for ya. 

Let’s go fly a kite.