The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: sick

  • COVID-Induced Blog Stress

    Even typing seems to exhaust all my resources.

  • The View from Death’s Door Has Changed

    It’s much better, and much worse.

  • A Brief Pause for Optimism

    One of my most enthusiastic and upbeat posts.

  • And Away We Go

    My latest head cold comes with the vertigo accessory.

  • Sick While Single

    How many days before someone finds my body?

  • Patient. Until I’m Not.

    I had a full-blown meltdown in public.

  • Gently Down the Stream

    Nothing seems real.

  • Mental Health Days

    Raise your hand if you’ve NEVER, not even once, called in sick to work or school when you’re weren’t technically sick. Anyone? Anyone? (I didn’t think so.) Back before I was a bridgetender, I pretty much hated every job I had. And I called in sick a lot. Of course, I was younger then, and…

  • Knock, Knock, Knocking on Mortality’s Door

    Spring is a time when life feels so abundant. Flowers are blooming and there are baby animals everywhere. Spring, for me, is the most hopeful time of the year. I went decades without experiencing it because I lived in Florida. Now that I am in Seattle, I have that hope once again, and I will…

  • I’b Sigck 🙁

    Two hours before quitting time on Friday I get this tickle in my throat. You know the one. That little portent of doom that will soon take over your whole world, and you can’t do anything about it. I had such plans. The weather was going to be great. I was going to take the…