Tuesday, April 19, 2011

roids

so i'm taking steroids.

how's that for an introduction?

don't fret and get your panties in a wad-- i'm not doing roids-- at least not the beef-up-to-loose-all-sense-of-femininity to enter the mr. universe contest kind of roids {although a random man scanned my legs today and inquired if i was a runner-- oh man, that's a good joke}. no. the kind that beef up my lungs so this nasty cough makes an exit in this century.  

prednizone is a horrible, no-good steroids that make me moody and fat.

okay. not so much fat but more prone to eat anything in sight without regard to the full-meter on my belly, which certainly is on the road to weight-gain. and moody in the sense that my temperament is sensitive to the slightest passive-aggressive and/or aggravating behavior. 

yesterday after a perfect nap i went into work and my mood quickly turned sour after one such passive-aggressive incident from a co-worker. the rest of my shift i thought horrible mean things towards a man and rehearsed everything i would say to him, with a few swear words for good measure. oh i was feisty!

but today, today work was wonderful!
have you ever had a day that was far from perfect but which still made you feel validated? that you made a difference? and that you were appreciated and worthwhile? today was just that day for me.

this previously {as in yesterday}loathed individual gave me a reese peanut-butter cup for no reason {probably because i asked god to help me forgive him last night and chocolate is the way to my mercy?}. it was delicious. and if that was not grand enough everyone seemed to praise me, and thank me for my many efforts. 

the point of all this? i don't even know. just to say that chocolate helps me forgive and taking steroids is not all it's cracked up to be. but i will be grateful to such steroids when this hacking-away in the night leaves me be for good. 


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