Women are like lionesses at the gate of the home. . . . She guards that gate, and things matter to that family if they matter to her. . . . Sisters, you are each like the lioness at the gate. This means that there has to be some prioritizing. I was taught years ago that when our priorities are out of order, we lose power. If we need power and influence to carry out our mission, then our priorities have to be straight.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

I'm Scared of Swine

I am officially freaked out about H1N1. Anyone else with me on this? Like to the point that I'm scared to go to the grocery store. Michael's going to be getting on a plane soon and traveling with who-knows-what kind of people and diseases, and I'm afraid I'm going to ask him to burn his clothes and bathe in Lysol before I let him back in the house. I'm like 2 seconds away from looking like all the airline attendants on The Amazing Race and wearing my surgical mask everywhere. (Yes, I have one. Several, in fact. In our 72-hour kits.)

What do you think? Are you there with me?

PS - I can be a paranoid and hyper person, but I am not a germaphobe (quite the opposite in fact), so this is a new thing for me. To be washing my hands every 5 seconds and Clorox-wiping every surface I touch. And carrying around Clorox wipes in my bag to wipe on grocery carts, library books, church pews...

PPS - I did get a flu shot today. That made me feel like 5% better. But it was not the H1N1 vaccine.

Cleverly written by shelley