Since last Thursday I’ve been down and out with a good old fashioned man flu. This week, the body machine has been positively tried and tested. Grueling. Matters best left undiscussed.
It’s been horrible and still not over.
SO after an unintentional bloggy break, I’m happy to report the following:
Sort of.
Be warned people… This year’s flu hits hard and fast and the general shittiness lingers long after it’s ‘gone’.
So after a bed-ridden long weekend which, quite literally, blew chunks, I have very little to say.
But, here’s some of what’s happened:
School
Reports are due.
Enough said.
The Dentist
He charged me $40 to look at my kids tooth. One tooth. One minute.
Told me exactly what Google did.
Forty bucks!
The Spider
There was a big brown spider in my Crapastra. I lost my shiz, somehow managed to pull the car over at my daughter’s day care and get myself and the kids the feck out while Man begrudgingly squashed it. He was happy to ‘leave it alone’ but I firmly requested, “That thing better be fucking dead when I get back”.
Arachnophobia. Hard.
The Filthy Bastard
I saw a guy on the street blowing snot out of his nose. No tissue.
Have you ever seen this? Un-erasable from the memory.
I cringe when my own kids get those stringy boogers.
Horrid.
So there’s my feeble attempt at freestylin with the ladies in The Lounge.
This week over at The Very Inappropriate Blog.
Don’t get sick peeps!
Stay well. Stay warm.
Robo X
RoboMum 
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
Argh, dentists! I’m trying to convince my son he should definitely consider a career in oral health so he can keep his aging mother in the style to which she’d like to become accustomed. Imagine having a dentist in the family, how awesome would that be.
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
You make a very good point. Any ‘trade’ is like a gold mine! And with straight pearlers to boot!!
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
GLad you are better- I’ll take your dentist story and raise it with a repairman story – note the term repair man is used very loosely. I ring and say we need a new element on the oven because it’s burnt out. 5 days later repairman turns up with no element and charges me $126 to tell me I need a new element and he has to order it in? Wtf???
I drive an hour to go to my old dentist (from when I was a teenager) because he charges me nothing – the heathfund gets billed a motza and I pay no gap (just a tank of gas!)
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
I can’t believe that happened!! What a tool!! What did you do about it?
I would drive that distance to go to the dentist too, if it was free. I’m sick to death of the health fund. It seems the outgoing costs are so much more than the benefits.
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
O man, I so should not have been eating a Le Snack when I read that last bit. I’m feeling a bit sick! Dave does that in the shower sometimes, I hear him, but I’ve never seen him do it thank god! have however had the misfortune of seeing it while watching the footy and it’s wrong, wrong, wrong! Hope you’re feeling 100% again very soon!
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Sorry… Yuck. That’s just as gross but at least it’s not broad daylight…
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
God, that image of the guy blowing his nose without a hanky is stuck in my head, and I didn’t even see it! Ew.
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
It was a a sight and a half, let me tell you… Rank.
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
Been there with that flu it i a shocking one this year!! Spiders, the dentist and filthy bastards are all repulsive!! Hope you are feeling heaps better very soon!!
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Thank you!
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
Even though I lost my job, it sounds like I’m having a better week than you. Take it easy and get yourself back to 100% I hope you can get some quality DVD watching time under a nana blanket – its good for all ailments. Love
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
I was really sorry to hear that. Hopefully it means new doors open at Chez Abs. Hope you’re enjoying that bottle you opened. you deserve it.
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
Being sick sucks balls Robomum – we all had a bad dose of it a month ago and bits of it still linger. Get well and don’t do too much too quickly! xx
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
This weekend is all about relaxing and recovering. Hope you don’t get a second bout. X
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
And doesn’t it suck that when they have the Man Flu they get all the care and sympathy but when we do we just have to suck it. Hmph.
I’m with you, I can’t handle my own kids snot and bodily fluids, let alone some filthy stranger. Yech.
That George from Seinfeld meme thing cracked me up.
Get better. xo
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Man flu is serious shiz. Just annoying when it’s someone else… I love George. He’s the best!
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
I feel about Dentists the way I do about Mechanics. They could tell me anything and I woul have no idea if they were lying or not. Yeah, yeah, you need 15 fillings and 4 new tyres. I AM ONTO YOU CONMEN!
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Hehehe!
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
I’ve gotten the damn thing for the second time. I only got over it a few weeks ago. Now I have this damn pulled muscle.
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
There’s always something…. Feel better.
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
Robo you are a fucking trooper! Full of snot, exhausted and terrorised by spiders and you STILL manage to write a very entertaining post. Hope you kick the dregs of that flu ASAP xx
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Thanks for the love!
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
Oh god, first Mrs Woog says ‘bum zit’ and then you talk about mucus – excuse me while I hurl. I have a lovely dentist called Sarah – I love her because she’s called Sarah and she says things like – ‘well, I could leave it well alone – I’m sure it will be ok’ and then we just chat about makeup and stuff for the rest of the appointment.
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
You’re a magnet for other legendary Sarahs… Bum zit! Lololol!
June 13th, 2013 at 20:51
Sounds like a rough few weeks…hope you are feeling better. I used to go out with a guy who used to do the snot thing in the shower gross-hence he is an ex ha ha
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Good point!!
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Can’t stand the blowing of the nose or the spitting bit in the street. Found this very hard to come to terms with whilst visiting China – I believe the streets there are one mass of spit and snot. This is why they always take off their shoes before they enter their own homes!
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
That’s probably why!!! The thought of wearing shoes in the house is disgusting!
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Ugh! The snot thing seriously bothers me too. I’ve even had a ‘friend’ do it and try to convince me that it’s ‘better out than in’ etc. No excuse. NO EXCUSE!
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
One word. TISSUE.
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
That’s a pretty foul week you’ve had! I hope next week is chunks, spider, and snot free.
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
I hope so toooooo!!!
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Blowing snot out of the nose without a tissue is gross.
My delightful husband has been doing the hack and spitting out the car window. So gross. The twinlets think it’s hilarious and giggle themselves senseless from the backseat!
June 14th, 2013 at 20:51
Are you serious!? He needs to learn his lesson and spit into a wound up window like my dad did once! Now that’s funny…..
June 17th, 2013 at 20:51
It sounds like so many people are in the same boat (although at least I didn’t have a spider in my car – that would have totally sent me over the edge !!!). They show sportsman blowing their nose like that on the field and I just about puke every single time – you can see he is going to do it – for Pete’s sake, take the camera off of him !!!!!!
Hope you have a better week this week !
Love, hugs and positive energy !
Me
June 17th, 2013 at 20:51
Oh it creeps me out when I see people snot on the street or spit – I make an audible, AH THAT’S DISGUSTING when I see it. Sucks you’ve been sick, touch wood, just had colds here. Dreading it! Dentists are rip offs, luckily our health insurance foots the bill – Em xx