A Long, Bug Filled Summer

10 10 2008

In some previous posts I wrote that my doctor has me wearing a compression stocking on my sore leg to help with the pain.

I have to say that this stocking is the bomb … except it’s a stocking … erm … yeah …

It absolutely does its job – the pain in my leg has decreased a bit so that I don’t have to use my walking stick everywhere I go and I can even manage short walks everyday – you know out of the house – for fun like

I get to experience nature now..

Erm … yay

I’d totally forgotten about the joys of nature … I mean did you know that nature has … um … cute … yeah cute … little bugs?

Well it used to have little bugs …

Unfortunately, they’re gone now …

They’ve been sacrificed to the huge slimey bug with eighteen legs and whopping great antenna antlers that I found sitting on my shoulder the other day.

I think the sacrifice was a peace offering to let the medium sized bugs live.

It was just sitting there all Jiminy Cricket like, soaking up the rays; chilling out.

I think he wanted directions … to where the big bugs were hanging out these days.

Being a nature aficionado I pointed him in the direction of the sole of my shoe. I even gave him a lift by way of my hand … to the ground next to my shoe.

That took seconds off my life … how does a bug even grow that big?

How on earth does it fit on my tiny shoulder?

“Taxi!” … sorry nature … I’m done!

I’ve decided to enjoy nature as the gods obviously intended … looking at it through a car window!

But back to the fantastic compression stocking …

That I wear on one leg …

Did you know that I live in Queensland?

It’s damn hot here …

Do you know how stupid I look wearing shorts with ONE stocking coming out of them?

Did I mention the stocking was a brown or beige type colour?

Did I also mention that due to my travels I haven’t experienced a real Queensland summer in oh say fifteen years?

Yup I’m whiter than Sarah Palin …

And probably more skilled in politics … yeah that was low … but funny

Okay then, I’m whiter than Shaft…

Oh wait …

Fine then look I’m so white people can’t get within a metre of me due to the glare!

Unfortunately, it doesn’t have the same Kryptonite like affect on bugs!

Somehow, I have to get my legs to match for summer …

I might have to lower myself to using fake tan …

Does fake tan come in beige?

No?

Crap!

Maybe I can start a fashion trend?

Funny that didn’t work when I tried to bring leg warmers back last year …

Or the time I tried to wear my Ugg boots to the beach …

Yeah … maybe not …

Maybe I can wear a leg warmer on the other leg to make it look like I meant to do that?

Erm … Queensland summer … it’s only a notch below hell in terms of heat

Yeah … I hit my pain medication hard before writing this post …

You can tell …

This is going to be a long summer.


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2 responses

10 10 2008
Christopher

Ergh! I hate discovering creepy crawlies. Gives me the heebie-jeebies just reading about it on your shoulder. You did much better than I would have. I know my reaction would be to desperately swipe at it screaming “get it off get it of get it off!”. Any how, just wanted to request more post-medication posts, this one was highly amusing.

14 10 2008
Lactic Acid

Leah’s tan crap turned a blue towel beige, a bathtub beige and part of the mopy-dick-fish beige (itsa statue, has a lot to do with lee – should explain everything that.)

I would say you are in with a chance man.

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