Lay About Day

The HELP(c) cure

... Yes, I used to be able to walk backwards downhill, but not yesterday, when I strained the cheese out of my left calf muscle. A night's sleep and several ibuprofen later I am recuperating nicely, thank you -- not that I'd turn a florist delivery person away ....

... So I decided to try my freshly-trademarked-and-available-for-licensing HELP(c) cure -- that is, Heat, Eat, Levitation, Pressure. Maybe when I'm done writing I'll go foraging downstairs for some food ....

... So after several false starts (staples, rubber bracelet, and trouser hanger -- my personal favorite on the Ridiculous Scale) Rocket Scientist rigged up a way to secure a heating pad around my leg. He was searching for some bull clips and found these plastic ties in one of the secretary's drawers. Please tell me everyone else stores their plastic ties in their secretary's drawers .... No, not that kind of secretary and not that kind of drawers ....

... So I'm here blogging because there's not a whole lot you can do when you are tethered to an outlet and can't find an extension cord long enough to reach the grocery store .... Our longest one will almost reach to the hedges that need trimming but not quite. Which is a relief, since I'd feel like a No. 8 on the Ridiculous Scale plugged into an electric hedge trimmer and a heating pad ....

... I am hearing the distant sound of cutlery tinkling. It's the sound of someone who is not me emptying the dishwasher. Like music to my ears -- live, not recorded too .... Fortunately Husband left me with a penknife in case of emergency. He really should have left me with a bigger one because if the pad gets too hot and/or the ties start cutting off my circulation I don't think a two-inch blade's gonna be able to hack through the bone and muscle in my leg let alone those plastic ties ....



... Back from a successful food-foraging expedition. Definitely the best part of the HELP(c) cure. I have discovered the Step And Drag Method is the least painful to get around -- and is also an effective way to clean your floors judging by the bottoms of my socks ....




Have a labor-free Labor Day! Heating pad optional .....




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