Today With Patty – March 12, 2007

by Patty

Spring has officially arrived in the Triangle. I know this because the forsythia is in bloom, the trees are in full blossom, and I put the top down on my convertible. Of course we only had three days of winter, so since it did not get cold again this year, I anticipate that the bugs this summer will be huge. Moving here from Arizona was quite a shock for me when it came to bugs. We did not have many bugs in Arizona, and there is only a couple that you want to look out for, like scorpions and black widows, because they can kill you. Otherwise, you are good to go bug-wise.

Here in North Carolina, we have 34,823 species of bugs. All but two of them live in my yard and are making it their life’s work to break into my house. I love doing the “web dance” on summer mornings, as you make your way out to get the paper and you are slashing through the webs that industrious bugs have spun from tree to tree overnight.

Another thing that is official: I am sick. Yes, I admit it. I have the creeping crud, cold version of this flu that everyone in my office and most of the Triangle has had. I suppose I should be thankful I have not picked up the norovirus that causes you to hurl chunks of sickness. I spent the entire day yesterday on the couch with my cat Katie Scarlet watching bad TV and swigging Robitussin and Tylenol Cold.

By the way, did you realize what you have to do to buy Robitussin and Tylenol Cold? They practically strip search you and make you sign all kinds of paperwork. Apparently there is some ingredient that is used to make crack cocaine, heroin or who knows what. As I stood there at the counter, hacking and honking, I think the clerk got the idea that I was not a meth addict but someone with a bad cold – or so I hope.

Kipp has won the bet. He is well, and I have succumbed.

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