Perspective. What a Concept.

I got an email from a good friend of mine about how she spent her weekend.  While I was working myself into a snit over having a stuffy nose, this is what was transpiring in her world:

"I came home around 8pm Friday night, to M's desperate call: "You have to take me to the hospital NOW." He was extremely dizzy, his head hurt, his chest and belly really hurt, his entire body felt all pins-and-needles-y -- he honestly thought he was going to die. At the ER, his blood pressure registered as 55/30, so they brought him to the Trauma Room, immediately put 2 IVs in his arms and began pumping him full of liquid to get his pressure stabilized. They admitted him some time after midnight."

Fortunately, there was nothing hugely amiss - he'd had an adverse reaction to a new medication and it took the better part of two days to clear it from his system.  Meanwhile, I'm all wowzy wowzy woo woo over having a HEAD COLD, heaven forbid, to the point where I wrote, what, three or four posts entirely dedicated to my sad tale of woe.  Amazingly, once I got that email, I felt a little differently about my situation.

Sometimes it takes a cosmic kick in the ass to jolt me out of pity party mode.  If you want to find me, just look for the person thanking her lucky stars (and blowing her nose at the same time).

Comments

[Joanne]

I'm not sure I want M to think he was the impetus for a "cosmic kick in the ass". Next thing you know, he'll start using "Cosmic Ass Kicker" as part of his signature, or want it on a T-shirt --there'll be no living with him!

[Tom]

There's a quote from a movie (I forget which one): "Wherever you go, there you are." It may sound stupid but it can help a person deal with life's little (and large) annoyances.

[Caroline]

The movie is "Buckaroo Banzai in the Fifth Dimension" and I love that quote! And I am only surprised that M. doesn't have a "Cosmic Ass Kicker" tshirt already. Should I have one made up?

[Joanne]

Gawd, no!