Giardia!

I have been unwell for a couple of days. I will spare you too many details, but despite my increasingly bland diet, I have been unable to keep any food in my body. Always supportive, my colleague Jennifer called this morning and offered to get my creative writing class situated so I could stay home and contemplate my writhing stomach (it looked kinda like this). As I told her that this "situation" had been going on for 10 days she responded with concerned maternal instincts: " THAT IS NOT GOOD! IT IS TIME TO GO TO THE DOCTOR." I jokingly replied to her concern by suggesting that maybe I have giardia.

I have just returned from the doctor's office where the good Dr. Hiniker asked me to provide a stool sample to be tested for.... none other than giardia (among other things). She asked if I have traveled of late and I asked if New York City counts. With raised eyebrows she made a notation in my file. Apparently it does.

We shall see...