I’ve got a fever! And the only prescription… is more cowbell.
I bring up that great SNL line for two reasons.
First, because my son-in-law got Rock Band for Christmas which we played non-stop for two days. Now, I have absolutely no coordination for the guitar and I fared little better on the drums. However I rocked on the microphone with my rendition of “Don’t Fear The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult – and I got to do the cowbell! With the eternal words of Christopher Walken ringing in my ears, I gave it my all and threw down some serious cowbell for the man. At 98% I felt I gave him his wish for MORE COWBELL! It’s a great game even if you can’t carry a tune with a handle.
Secondly, I bring up that famous line because I do have a fever – cabin fever that is. And I believe my only prescription is more natural vitamin D – sunlight. The ancient affliction has finally set in and it has taken its toll on this once winter loving New Englander. I don’t know how long we have suffered from below freezing temperatures or how many days in a row it has snowed but I do know it has been nearly three weeks since I have driven a car and nearly two weeks since I have left the warm cocoon of my home in the woods. I can’t remember what the sun looks like or what my house sounds like without the constant noise of the heat running and I am a person who enjoys silence a great deal.
Case in point, yesterday I alternated between staring my television screen at the Weather Channel and the Lifetime Movie Channel and taking very long cat naps on my couch surrounded by my three dogs and my oversized orange tabby. I realized around noon that I was suffering from the dreaded “cabin fever” when I finally noticed I was still in my pajamas and eating a salad. I know for a fact that these two things should not be done concurrently, either you are still in your pj’s at noon because you are sick in which case a grilled chicken salad should be replaced with chicken noodle soup or you should have yourself dressed yourself by that time. When I don’t take a shower and get dressed something is wrong with me and I definitely need a cure for this malady. Anyone out there in the blogosphere have any suggestions?
I am hoping today will be better, I have gotten dressed already at least so I have accomplished much more today than yesterday. And is that the sun I see amidst the snow flakes? My Jack Russell at least thinks so – imagined sun beam or not, she’s lying in its warm path that stretches across the back of the couch.
I don’t think Spring can get here soon enough for me. Hurry March come forth with your warmer days.