It's 4am and I Must Be Dreaming

Here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink, oink...Seems like swine flu is on everyone's mind these days. The reason that I am up at 4 am is due to guilt. I managed to make my good friend's 40th birthday memorable b/c I successfully caused enough paranoia in her mind that she has likely quarantined her entire family for the next 365 days. But, when she told me that her colleague just came back from Mexico and stayed home from work today b/c he was feeling fluish-well, I couldn't resist the "oh my god's" and the "are you kidding me's". I truly thought she was pulling my leg. Chances are it is probably nothing remotely related to swine flu, but that natural human reaction (which, if I may bash on my own gender, is often times more pronounced in females) to switch into hysteria mode kicked in. Normally I pride my self in being even-keeled, but she caught me in a moment of weakness when my mind was processing about 17 things at once and wasn't completely focused on the conversation. So, those interal thoughts that usually get filtered out before they leave your lips were given life. No time to think about implications of what I might say, the verbal diarrhea came bubbling forth! Then, in the hours that followed our conversation I got caught up in my own caca and forgot to call her back. Forgotten...until about an hour ago when, as I am peeing and in a fog like state, I think, "Oh no! I forgot to call her back!" So, knowing there is nothing I can do right now, I figure I might as well read everything I can on swine flu b/c 4 am is a really good time to make rational decisions! To avoid any other potential damage, I think I'll go back to bed!!!