Great friends have I

My beloved friends have been sharing more than I'd like with me over the past several weeks. I keep getting sick.

This time I didn't really realize how sick I was until about 4 hours after I'd gotten my free flu shot. Awesome timing. So, it's my guess that the last 48 hours of misery have resulted from a multi-faceted attack of several viral components. Those shared with me by friends and those I allowed myself to be willingly inoculated with while my normal systems of defense were already compromised.

So...when I'm sick I go through a lot of tissues about 3 boxes in the last two days in fact. I made myself go to CVS this morning for OTC drugs and because I was out of tissues and my nose was starting to remind me there is a difference in TP and Puffs plus. Kleenex with lotion were buy one get one free, and even in an infirm state I'm on the look out for the best deal.

For some reason I just turned over my friendly box of Kleenex with lotion. This is what it said on the bottom of my box:

"Kiss calm, cool and collected goodbye!
Don't be bashful. Don't be shy. It's time
to unabashedly let it out! So be messy.
Be imperfect. Be liberated and free.
Be what you are. Be human.
Blow it loud and blow it proud.
With KLEENEX tissue."

Thank you kleenex for giving me permission to blow my nose as I need to, without shame or threat of social injustice.