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Get Ahead of COVID-19
Like restless children on a car trip, we've reached the point of the pandemic when we're all asking "Are we there yet?" We all want to reach the end of this pandemic and the restrictions that it has brought. We want to be able to go to the movies again, to walk through stores without masks and to gather with friends and families without worrying who will be the next one to become infected. Business owners and entrepreneurs are desperate to figure out when they can get back to normal, and what it's going to look like when they get there.
By Matthew Woodall5 years ago in Longevity
My Precious Scars
For lack of a better, more all-encompassing word, I suppose you could call me a klutz. I have memorized the symptoms of a concussion, which let me tell you, is a lot more impressive if you know how many concussions I’ve had. I can easily tell you what pain medications you can and cannot combine, to the point that I’ve had friends shoot me a text to make sure they’re safe to overlap tylenol and motrin. My phone now automatically joins every urgent care wifi network in the greater Lansing area, and I have enough splints and braces piled up to last a lifetime, despite the fact that literally a year and a half ago I tossed out over 50% of the collection I had. And just like the crotchety old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn in a movie, I can tell you if it’s going to rain without fail thanks to at least seven different aching spots on my person at any given time. I’ve joked that I’m trying to get exposed to enough radiation to develop superpowers, because how cool would invisibility be, right? Or that I’m just trying to become the strongest (what doesn’t kill you is supposed to make you stronger, according to Kanye West and Kelly Clarkson), and that my “bad” luck of being accident prone actually just means that I have the really really good luck of, you know, still being alive.
By Caitlin Pingel5 years ago in Longevity
Sunday Funday
After the morning visit with the porcelain throne I stare in to the mirror, washing my hands thoroughly before reaching for a bamboo toothbrush. Gotta get the grossness of the cigarette off of my tongue and teeth. My brows furrow as I scold myself internally.. Before Halloween I will stop this disgusting habit. Different coping mechanisms are available and I need to hold myself accountable.
By SynneR De'Viant Khrystian5 years ago in Longevity
SURPRISE
I miss my flight to leave back to Arizona. My first time ever to miss a flight. So now my entire day will be lagging, I call the Q.C. Manager, she says I'll see you when you get here. Everyone is happy I'm back to work, I'm the head of Quality Control Managers' right-hand man/woman in this case; as well as being the Document Control Specialist, just some big title that's all that is. I do not like being "on-call" after I leave work to go home. I've hired on with Moll Medical, div. of Moll Industries Inc. they've since closed the doors in Tucson and possibly even in Texas, but I was lucky enough to be hired on to move the Costa Mesa location that was manufacturing devices for 22 years to the Tucson location, the only team players were the Plant Manager that actually made the move with the company. Nobody else from California moved with it, so, all the new hires that were sent to Costa Mesa were housed at an extended stay for 6 months, it was a nice little vaca away from Tucson. The Little Vietnamese woman that trained me didn't want me to leave Carol, she even offered me her home to stay with her & her husband if I wanted to, she was such a sweetheart. She was adopted to a Christian family as a refugee and raised in Seattle, WA. She said at the first meeting to me, I reminded her of her stepsister. That sounded so weird. But, look at all the celebrities adopting kids from other countries. It's not that weird really.
By dees Hintz5 years ago in Longevity
The Sharp Edge Of A Blade
It was a beautiful April day. I had just woken up in anticipation to go hunting. I've been planning this with my friends for weeks and the day was finally upon us. This was the season to hunt Iguanas. The sad truth about it was that the hunting season was not in effect and getting caught would lead to getting in trouble with the law. This is the time of year which the Iguanas are pregnant and venture out for food before they lay their eggs come the first thunderstorm of the season. For us it was the perfect time to hunt as the eggs were the best part to eat. A single Iguana can lay anywhere from fifty to sixty eggs at a time which is more than enough not to over hunt as we were also mindful of the nature in our wrong doings. I was to meet up with one of my best friend Mark and we would travel to meet his uncle before we headed out. His uncle was skilled in the hunting art and knew where and how to look for our prey. I had a great feeling that today would be a glorious day. Who knows what would be in store for us.
By Melvin Vanderbilt5 years ago in Longevity
'Living' with the hell of Postherpetic Neuralgia and Peripheral Neuropathy
When I was two years of age in 1954, and still living in England, I ruined a family holiday in the Isle of Wight. A couple of days into the holiday, I came down with chickenpox and we had to go home. Who would have thought karma could apply to an innocent toddler? It certainly feels like it now.
By Anne Sewell5 years ago in Longevity
Recovery
Walking out of the darkness was a new thing to me. Coming out of it, you asked, "What of a new place did I walk into that so bright and so vibrant, I can breathe with freedom. The new oxygen that will clean all of the toxinity that evil has left from your body.
By Trinity Jahnice5 years ago in Longevity
