So here is my whining for the day.  I am getting a cold.  Again.  I eat loads of fresh vegetables, fruit, whole grain bread.  I drink red wine which if it's as good for you as they say I should be frickin' wonder woman.  I rarely eat red meat, cheese and I almost never eat junk food.  I don't smoke and I don't drink hard liquor.  I'm practically a health nut!  Wretched children.  Teaching is a health risk.

And here is perspective.  Our neighbor across the hall has just died after a year long illness.  He was an athlete, abstemious, and a non-smoker.  He was not even 60.  His lovely family have been here since before we bought the place in 1990.  We'll miss him.  Meanwhile, our 42 year old neighbor on the other side, a mom with 2 young kids, had a stroke and has lost partial vision in one eye.  They have found a small hole in her heart that must be operated on. 

Sometimes you just need a good kick in the ass to see that your life isn't so rough.  No more whining.  xxoo me