It used to be when I got real sick I’d experience a bounce effect at the end of it.  One morning after a long bout of sickness I’d wake up and it would be gone, and I’d be all bright-eyed and bushy tailed and it would seem like the whole world was brighter and livelier then ever.  My head would be crystal clear and my body full of energy and I would feel more alive and alert then ever.  As a compensation for days and days of misery it wasn’t bad.  Then as I got older, that bounce seemed to go away.  The past few years it’s been more like I drag myself back to health, then suddenly bounce back into it.

But I’m having myself a really nice bounce this morning, and I’m wondering now if this No-Junk diet of mine I’ve been doing this past year is part, or all of it.  The fever and misery is gone.  I’m a bit drained, but gosh I feel so…alive…right now.  Almost like it always was.  Only I’m still not a twenty-something anymore, so the energy and perkiness I’m feeling isn’t quite the same.  But it’s close.  It’s helping too, that the sky is bright and blue this morning.  The leafs on my Japanese Maple tree have turned bright red, and I can look through them and see the golden leafs of the trees across the street.  The effect is stunning…deep blue sky, vibrant reds and golds…one of the nice spiffs of owning this house is how great the view is out my front windows when the leafs around here change.

That oh-so-clear sky is because we had a cold front pass through Maryland last night and it’s damn cold out there now.  So best to stay indoors today too, as much as possible.  I want to make sure this damn flu is gone, gone, gone because next week is Thanksgiving week and I have friends to visit and a class reunion to go to.

It’s saying something for how deep in new car love I still am, that the thing I’ve been missing most being sick is being able to drive my car.  Traveler has been sitting patiently out front waiting for me to get in and take him somewhere.  At least my gas bill this week won’t be so much. 

Oh Gosh…I haven’t even Seen gas prices for the past week or so.  Something tells me I should be very afraid…