June 13, 2008 8:23 AM
500 headaches
As I contemplate taking the last two aspirins from this bottle, I'm wondering:
What in the world possessed me to buy a bottle of 1000 aspirins? It's been so long ago, I can't remember. Was I so overcome with the per unit price at Costco (note the Kirkland brand) that I grabbed it without thinking? How long ago was it? Were my kids still toddlers and was I contemplating many headaches to come?
And where in the world did the other 998 aspirins go? I can't remember taking them. I'd love to have a security camera where I could see a series of 499 shots of me or Tripp or whichever older kids have taken them in some sort of fast slide show catching us at the worst headachy moments of our lives.
My headache yesterday - which polished off the bottle - was an assignment I'm working on which was originally due July 1. Early this week, my editor called to say it was being bumped up in the schedule - in the magazine world, things are usually bumped later, not sooner. Of course I can do it! I said cheerfully, even though I was still struggling to recover from a nasty bout of sinusitis and Sophia is graduating from high school 6/18. I love these people and they pay me well and I do so want to please them.
Yesterday I devoted ten hours to writing the story and by dinnertime realized nothing I'd written was even worth keeping. At moments like this, how I wish I could drink like a normal person - that is, get sloshed for one night and start over the next. But since it doesn't work that way for me and getting sloshed one night will lead to another and another and another, I just took two aspirin for my headache and called my editor - who because he is a writer himself understands the process. I got a decent night's sleep and am warming up to start fresh today.
So maybe I'll remember these last two aspirin and what they were all about?
Believe it or not, there is another bottle of 1000 on my shelf. Costco must have been selling twinpacks but then what in the word was I thinking, planning ahead for 1000 headaches? I'm going to grab a Sharpie and put the date I start on the next bottle. I want to know how many years it takes to have 500 headaches.
In the meantime, another reminder to buy less, not more. And doesn't 500 headaches sound like a good name for a band?
Comments
Actually, I thought it sounded like a great book title! I'm sure we could all help with the book's contents. :)
Posted by: Lori F | June 13, 2008 10:27 AM
I believe it perfectly. I just ran out of this, and I see you still have a second bottle. I believe I'm the first person to run out of this. Ever. That's why I couldn't find it at Costco anymore.
Posted by: H | March 18, 2012 9:38 PM
