…it just goes on and on my friends….

No, I’m not talking about the weather. I live in Sunny San Antonio, and I wore capri pants and no jacket to work today–comfortably. (Jealous anyone from up north?)

I’m talking about the eternal winter cold that comes with having 2 kids in daycare. At least one person has been ill in our household since November. Things have really picked up in January with GI bugs (yes plural), colds, ear infections, etc. I spent today in a Dayquil and pseudoephedrine haze–and I STILL can’t breath through my nose.

At the beginning of the month, I hadn’t updated the blog due to the impending Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) deadline. I spent all of my time (staying at work until midnight or later, even on weekends), writing for the GACA. I even brought my sick little guy with me to work on the submission day because he had an ear infection, his daddy was out of town for work, and daycare wouldn’t take him until his fever broke. I now feel compelled to write a post here just because it has been so long, but my mucus addled brain is not cooperating.

So instead, I’ll just post a picture that I put together several years ago from images I found on the internet. It was a connection my brain immediately made when I saw the T-Rex meme for the first time, but I couldn’t find a pre-made version of it anywhere. The T-Rex/walker analogy could also be extended to hearing aids/personal sound amplifying devices, low vision rehabilitation/tools, appropriate medication management, caregiver burnout, or any treatment for a geriatric syndrome. (My mind went to the first two examples immediately because my GACA proposal focuses on acquired sensory impairment in older adults. If I get it, there WILL be a “pocket-talker” version of this meme coming. Fingers crossed!)