Friday, November 19, 2004

Clearly, I am menopausal

It was nice outside this morning, but it’s supposed to be cold and rainy, so I took a coat and umbrella to the metro. The train I missed had 8 billion empty seats. The train that came less than two minutes later was packed, but a girl’s gotta get to work.

So I stand. Tired and squished. Suddenly I’m nauseated, and sweating profusely. Damn coat. No room to take it off, either. The metro ride was hell.

I walk to my office, sweating. I get myself a glass of ice water, sweating. Drink it, sweating. Sit at my desk for five minutes, and now I’m freezing. That’s right. I didn’t chomp on the ice or anything.

Next step – hot coffee. It’s helping, but I anticipate being cold for most of the day. Just thinking about ice gives me goose bumps. So I cradle the coffee mug between my cold hands, and hope to be distracted by interesting work.

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