Jabberwocky

So I've been jabbed with needles today. Hep A and the flue shot (thanks to the relentless nagging of my mother over me getting swine flue) and the raised eyebrow of concern from housemate/gay husband over my reluctance to get vaccinated for my impending travel to Thailand. I'm only going to Phuket. But then my Doctor appealed to my obsession with ailments AKA hyperchondria...and waived a travel tips sheet under my nose uttering "Boil it, cook it, peel it or forget it!" and scary things like maleria, mosquitos, foecal matter and concentration of germination in shellfish. He shot me a serious glare before saying..."you're not going back packing are you?".

I then belted out a chuckle and gently rested my hand on his arm and replied "Do I look like the sort of person that would  go backpacking?" and he said that I looked more like I was going on an "Asian sex tour".....Doctors do have a sense of humour! And then he shook his head reeling off sad stories of middle aged men who embark on such journeys and I was so distracted by his tales that I'd completely not concentrated on the two needles he gave me. Such a clever man. I suppose he has been my doctor since I was 15 and nurtured me through my many health related melodramas which includes tantrums over needles, throwing up on his chair, refusing to come out of the doctors surgery toilet when I had food poisoning, spilling a cup of coffee over his keyboard, crying out of frustration when I had adult chicken pox, accidentally head butting him when I had my last injection and him putting a needle in my ass cheek when I had more food poisoning and was face down on my bed when still living with folks. Good times.

On a separate note....I've been listening to a lot of Hole. Tossing up whether to get Ms Loves new album. Though its not really Hole without Melissa and Eric is it....But I do love Courtney. One of the last bastions of the rock chick frontier. She's not dead yet.