bubble, bubble

seemed like a good title. who knows. it's halloween and all that, after all.

anyway, you know when you take a pot and fill it with water and put it on the stove and then you put, say, some large veggetable in there, or a whole chicken or something. it's a big pot. then you cover it with a tight-fitting lid and turn the heat on beneath.

well the thing will boil eventually, and there will be these moments when the steam is too much and lid sort of pops up to gasp a bit. you know?

my brain is boiling on the stove at the moment. still. and every time i cough the lid pops up and steam shoots out my ears. that kid's song about teapots is deceivingly mild. hear me shout? not so much. feel the throb, maybe.

and i'd like to know why when i'm cold and put on a sweater i immediately get hot and have to take the sweater off. that's not cool. you'd think i was middle-aged or older with behavior like that. i've got a full set of viable eggs in here, and the hot flashes aren't for another couple of decades.

good news:

-i'm almost ready to present tonight, despite the heavy drop in productivity.

-the spaghetti squash still tastes good because my nose is fine. i'm just not particularly hungry. you'd think i could handle a cup or so of squash/ground beef mixture, right? apparently not. maybe a third of it sits forlorn and cooling to the right of me.

-i did finish the banana this morning.

-my voice is still with me, and i have high hopes for tonight's class.

-since i'm so cold, my hands make a nice press for my forehead and neck, without having to keep a damp rag nearby while i work... so no damp papers etc. now that's economical, right?

-i think i slept something like 11 hours last night, and that's *always* good.

keep the good news coming!

love and peace