Would you like some cheese with your whine?

I opened this screen to whine about how my curse goes unbroken because I've been sick all week with a horrible bug that has taken over my mucus membranes and achy joints. Then, whine some more about how I'm exhausted and for once actually got to sleep by about nine something last night, only to wake wide awake at two in the morning and not be able to fall back asleep until after four, right before my alarm clock went off at five something. But, a couple of news reports just flashed on the tube that makes me feel pretty darn grateful. It's hard to be down when you compare your life to someone else's who has it much worse. Hey! I have a place to live and I'm not in the hospital with a gun shot wound, nor am I humping up a desert dune in Iraq. Life is good!