Day 69 -- Absorb, Blow, Suck

T'is the season......for leaves.  Walking the dog earlier, I came upon three different men dealing w/ their leaves in varying ways.  One man was roaring across his lawn on his riding mower absorbing the leaves in his bagger.  Another man was blowing his into one large pile while the man across the street from him was sucking them up w/ a vacuum-like device.  Since I didn't see any small children to jump in the pile, I'm assuming the man blowing will strike a deal w/ the vacuum-man.  All-in-all, none of these men had to employ much physical labor to get the job done.

I fear as a society we're heading down the path of anti-labor.  Instead of raking the leaves together and gathering them into a bag to be hefted to the curb, we absorb, blow, and suck our way into laziness.  But to ease our consciences and please our doctors, we join health clubs to walk on a treadmill.  We'll probably even get to the point whee we virtually walk our dogs on a treadmill in front of a rolling screen of scenery, allowing the dog to stop every 20 paces to pee on a virtual tree.  Then that will evolve into computer chips implanted into our brains that allows us to imagine walking the dog where we imagine the dog just pooped on the neighbor's lawn, and I imagine I pick it up.

I'm feeling much better.  Still taking the Airborne and Tylenol on a regular schedule.  Didn't think too much about the lymphoma today except when I had to forewarn students that I won't be on campus next Tuesday since I'll be in Rochester for my appointments.  Then tonight while volunteering at the youth center, there were new people to talk to and somehow the conversation always turns to health.  So although I didn't dwell on my illness today, I wasn't able to just not think about it.