though it's nice to hear the rain again...

[juniper_trees]

i am BUMMED. WILDLY, VEHEMENTLY, BUMMED. i am certain i have the mumps (symptoms HARD to mistake), which haven't been floating around since the late sixties. my mom got the mumps. "did you swell up really bad?" " of course i did! like a chipmunk! it was awful! nonna used to wrap bandages around my head." leaves me thinking, well no shit, people deal with deformity yep. we do. i can't do much about it, so i guess i'm getting used to the idea of spending the next nine days dodging people i do and don't like, sitting around my place doing homework from the time i wake up to the time i pass out because this virus makes you exhausted all the time for no reason, and uh, drinking a lot of tea

usually:
nettle
ginger
peppermint
chai

IF YOU HAVE THE SYMPTOMS (check the ontario gov't health site, i'm not the doc here) GET THEE TO A BLOOD CLINIC TO SEE IF YOU GOT DE MUMPS

You know, I only came across ONE shitty band called the mumps while googling symptoms?
You know, maybe farming in the south of france next winter sounds like a really good idea.

I'll let you know what the blood test results are when I get them friday.