As (e:Uncutsaniflush) mentioned [inlink]uncutsaniflush,174[/inlink] our Sunday morning paper did not arrive. I made a quick phone call and it was all sorted. Cortney at the Buffalo News told me it should have been there and one will be sent out. Within an hour, it was. Not bad. The dude that delivered it drove the wrong way up Bird Ave to do it. He looked rather confused. He walked up on the porch, put the bagged paper on our doorknob, went back to his truck, got out a clipboard, looked at his watch and wrote something down. I was talking to my dad on the phone at the time, and we both got a chuckle out of my description of him trying to turn around in the truck on our street, with cars parked on both sides, small snowbanks everywhere...

Mucus. Holy crap, i didn't think so much could actually come out of a single skull. How many boxes of tissues can one person use? My head feels like it is made of some of that pastel Easter cotton used to line children's baskets.

I'm not gonna even start about the crap coming out of my lungs. I did quit smoking for good reasons! I did quit smoking for good reasons!! I did quit smoking for good reasons!!! I've been told that the first 3 days are for the physicall addiction, the first 3 months for the social addiction and another 3 years for the lungs to be clear. *sigh*

My sense of smell is coming back in fits and starts from this cold. I find myself able to smell subtle things, but not really strong things (which can be a blessing at times).

Today, when we were at Wegmans, i didn't have my I.D. and (e:Uncutsaniflush) was buying beer (i can't tell you how many times i have been carded at Wegmans.. i would be flattered if i weren't annoyed. i am not the one buying or drinking it!), so i thought i would wander around in the seasonal department for a while. If the cashier doesn't know i am "with" him, then i won't get carded. All of a sudden, a smell hit me like a ton of bricks. Chocolate. Easter chocolate. It was so overwhelming, i thought i could taste it.

Is it all in my head, or does Easter chocolate smell different than, say, year round chocolate? I had a rush of olfactory inspired memories of childhood Easters...

... to all the new (e:peeps) that have been signing up lately.

Lee - [adjective] Full of bees

OMG... doesn't it know i am so afraid of bees??!!??

Thanks for the chuckles, (e:Theecarey)! [inlink]theecarey,112[/inlink]

I wish i could remember exactly where those song lyrics come from, but i can't. My guess is that it is some strange and mediocre Hamilton band i used to like. Probably the Dik Van Dykes In fact, the more i think about it, the more i think it might have been a song called Klaus Barbie... a silly little song about someone's younger sister that got a barbie doll and named it Klaus. Ah, but i digress.

I actually went out of the house today. Wow, eh? I made sure i was always well stocked in easily grabable tissues, of course. Merely going out to eat lunch then to TJ Max (i got 2 new Matt & Nat purses ), then for a couple of quick errands to Radio Shack and Family dollar wore me out. Thank goodness it is just a head cold. So much for me bragging on how much better i feel since i quit smoking...