in fact, i think this may have been a mary tyler moore episode - and i was playing rhoda. i've been looking forward to break starting - a concept i never had while working in corporate, but one i embrace wholeheartedly. it's the first sunday of break and i'm meeting a friend for brunch downtown. she wasn't mary...maybe more like phyllis. after brunch we walked up to chelsea market and into anthropologie. normally, this would be a welcomed stop, but about 1/2 hour into it i started feeling odd. after what seemed like a very long taxi ride home, i realized i had a dinner that night - with mary. once in home and in bed, i called mary and said i wasn't feeling well, but could be dragged downstairs to EAT for a bowl of chicken matzoh ball soup. mary has been sick for the last couple of weeks and was just as happy to not venture far. when the last matzoh ball was finished, i knew it was time for sleep. upstairs we go, mary to 4 and me to 8. see, just like mary and rhoda. i wasn't in the house 10 minutes when chills and sweats started.
those chills and sweats lasted all night and most of the next day. i don't remember being that sick in a long time. i had several calls from friends who were incredibly generous with offers to drop things off. of course, mary called too. i was able to sleep better monday night and by tuesday morning felt almost normal. i thought about rushing back to life and then thought not. i spent the morning at home - in bed still. at about 1pm i went for a walk and enjoyed the sunshine i hadn't let into my bedroom for 2 days. and when i returned, headed for the couch instead. brought the laptop over and started answering emails, surfed the web and wrote a bit. all seemed to be going well, but as we all know, life was never smooth for rhoda. when i decided it was time to return to bed, i picked up the laptop and reached over to place it on the coffee table and that's when hell broke loose.
i felt searing pain in the middle of my back. did i pull it? was it a heart attack? yes, i'm neurotic enough to think many symptoms are due to a heart attack. as i felt this tremendous pain i received a text from mary checking in on me. a sign from god? i am having a heart attack and here's my lifeline. i called mary and she convinced me it was a back spasm and a heating pad and advil would help. while we were on the phone, the doorbell rang, the dog went nuts, and i had to walk to the front door. once opened, i find that carlton the doorman left me a package....on the floor. seriously? soccer dribbled it inside and went back to the heating pad. after 3 hours with the heating pad, i ventured into a hot shower and went to bed. scroll credits.
those chills and sweats lasted all night and most of the next day. i don't remember being that sick in a long time. i had several calls from friends who were incredibly generous with offers to drop things off. of course, mary called too. i was able to sleep better monday night and by tuesday morning felt almost normal. i thought about rushing back to life and then thought not. i spent the morning at home - in bed still. at about 1pm i went for a walk and enjoyed the sunshine i hadn't let into my bedroom for 2 days. and when i returned, headed for the couch instead. brought the laptop over and started answering emails, surfed the web and wrote a bit. all seemed to be going well, but as we all know, life was never smooth for rhoda. when i decided it was time to return to bed, i picked up the laptop and reached over to place it on the coffee table and that's when hell broke loose.
i felt searing pain in the middle of my back. did i pull it? was it a heart attack? yes, i'm neurotic enough to think many symptoms are due to a heart attack. as i felt this tremendous pain i received a text from mary checking in on me. a sign from god? i am having a heart attack and here's my lifeline. i called mary and she convinced me it was a back spasm and a heating pad and advil would help. while we were on the phone, the doorbell rang, the dog went nuts, and i had to walk to the front door. once opened, i find that carlton the doorman left me a package....on the floor. seriously? soccer dribbled it inside and went back to the heating pad. after 3 hours with the heating pad, i ventured into a hot shower and went to bed. scroll credits.wwcd: hoping dr. kildare makes a guest appearance soon
from aunt judy:
ReplyDeleteWe are blessed to have a mary and rhoda as friends, playing a major role in influencing our daily moods, our good, bad and otherwise happenings. soft shoulders to fall on, remedies and answers for all our problems. men don't have this in their lives. we are blessed to have one good friend, but grateful for two or more.
sooooooooooooooooooo, what was in the package left at your door?
Carlton! OMG Forgot about Carlton, that was hilarious. Sorry. Don't mean to laugh at your misfortune. The visual image was great. Anyway, I know you're better now, so it's okay to laugh. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd, WHAT was in the package???
P.S. Dr Kildaire looks like a twink.
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:)