Back to School

It is 12:45 Pacific Time ,Overcast and 33f.

Sessybeth went back to school on Thursday. I miss her already! She was away studying in Paris all fall ( awwh) and is transitioning back to Barnard after a wonderfully long holiday break. She ( and her friend Darcy) are in RA training now over the weekend. It is an intense course designed for every catastropy known to college students and the rest of us poor slobbo's too! They cover everything from overdosing on alcohol and drugs, to bulemia and roomate problems and the myriad of difficult life setbacks that folks face in these modern times.
Please say a little prayer for Sessy and Darcy as they plow through their strenuous training.

I am sick to my tummy and have had a bad headache for 3 days. According to the CDC. stomach flu is a myth. How can a myth hurt so much.? Does anyone have a good remedy? I must go back to work on Tuesday. So I need a help soon.
So far I am enjoying organic applesauce, rice cakes and chicken rice soup, Blue Sky organic orange soda, camomile tea with honey and water. Rice cakes are ok, at least easy to digest but I long to put peanut butter on them. So far I have delayed any thought of castor oil. I know Aunt Betty talks about it sometimes speaking of the ole days.

Here is a remedy collected by the CDC in rural Mississippi. What NOT to do or ( say with twangy southern accent) "Hows yer mama n them?"

Case 2. A 46-year-old woman who had completed 7 years of education reported using castor oil routinely as a laxative and to treat "colds." She purchased castor oil at a discount department store, kept it readily available in her home, and had used castor oil and acetaminophen to treat a cold in her 18-month-old grandchild. She fed the child 1 teaspoon of castor oil mixed with one half of a baby bottle of orange juice. The symptoms resolved. She also reported using aloe, asafetida, catnip, garlic, lemon, and turpentine as remedies during the preceding year and recalled previous use of briar root, chinaberry, corn shucks, and pine as remedies.
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