DJ got a couple shots on Tuesday, her flu shot and just for good measure and because we're going to Door County in a few weeks (remember last year) a tetanus shot. She was told that "if you get sick it's not you, it's the shot, you might feel a little achy and yada yada yada".
So not knowing this I pick her up from work and she says "I think I'm coming down with a cold". I immediately felt the same (seriously). So we're driving home feeling sick.
That night she goes down for the count. BAM! She is in bed by 7:30 feeling horrible. Sniffles, sneezing, sweating, POW, she is SICK!! I'm not feeling that great either. She was so sick I slept in a different room as she had a heating blanket on high and it was a warm night.
So I wake up thinking there is no way she is going to work and if I worked today I might call in too as I feel like crap. Then . . . .like the Who's in Whooville I hear her singing in the bathroom and talking to Milo. WHAT?
It was the shot, she feels great . . and now I am the only one sick. BLAH!! I've been in the "almost a cold mode for 4 days now". Not REALLY a cold but not wonderfully healthy.
ANYWAY - enough about that.
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There has been a rumor and even a news story in the Beaver Dam Gazette about Columbus getting a new grocery store. I am putting zero faith in this faux news report. The developer has not mentioned this to the city who actually own the property where this would go.
In fact this area is in a little battle at the moment between the developer and the city on snow plowing. The developer has not fulfilled his obligation so that road is still a private road. He says he will not plow it in a snow storm. The city says it's not our road so we will not plow it. SO - the first snow storm will be interesting (I think there is defunding Obamacare involved also).
In the rest of that faux news article the developer says there will be 6 to 8 new stores opening up . . . . but he would not mention who they are. The city has been waiting for him to do ANYTHING with that area for years! and now, out of the blue and without telling anyone he has all this??
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gotta say it - New Girl is the most hilarious show on TV. DJ and I were almost pee your pants laughing.
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RodMelotte.com and MelottePhotoImagery.com are both up and running at their new eCommerce site. Check them/it out. It's a work in progress with more options and pages and so forth coming soon (can you say T-SHIRTS?? LOL).
But seriously - right now it's only framed canvas but prints and frames and t-shirts are on the horizon. I'm also almost working on a catalog. It's taking a little bit of work because every size and option takes a new image, can't use the same one over and over because of automation.
Speaking of T-Shirts . . . . a Blackjack Basic Strategy t-shirt. O man! Gotta work on that.
Also - West James Gallery is getting an upgrade with my work. After weeks and weeks of hard nosed negotiations both sides have agreed to agree. The turning point was when Shelly looked in in the eye and said "this is how much I want for that wall space" and I, looking shocked said " NO! I will pay you more!!". BOOM - take that Shelly! What do you think of them apples.
Yea - I'm a tough negotiator and now she knows it.
The above image is an idea for a diptych (two separate images displayed as one). Not sure of size yet but it could be two 16x48 or two 7x21s.
Just thinking out loud here.
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Had I first run in with a store owner who does not like my idea of eliminating parking on one side of West James. I said, would you like to double the people in your store OR have parking in front. She said (not Shelly) where would customers come from. I wanted to say, "if you depend ONLY on customers that can park in front of your store, are you really trying that hard to be successful?".
I feel we can get three times the number of tourists in downtown Columbus as there are now buy FIXING James Street so it's human friendly. 1000 people every weekend are in Columbus and probably 20 make it downtown. I understand the problem about loading and unloading and that can be worked on, but saying "if you can not park in front of my building my shop will fail" . . . . you have MUCH bigger problems!
remember - vacant store fronts is NOT a problem, it's an opportunity. This can be fixed!
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And here is a map of Pangea.
Good thing DJ was able to recover, but it was unfortunate that you were inconvenienced for a couple of days. That storm was really strong. With a weather like that, it sure must have made it worse for DJ to have a cold on that same day. I hope both of you were able to get some proper rest and got well quickly!
ReplyDeleteUla Cepeda @ US Health Works
I think it’s more likely that DJ was already infected with the flu virus before the shot, as it tends to hide out for a few days or so before actually showing symptoms. The flu shot just didn’t have a chance to work, since the body usually needs a few days to develop antibodies from the dead virus that were in the shot.
ReplyDeleteTeresa @ Family Medicine