feelin fine

here is a picture of the cookies. do you like them? our family hanukkah party was sunday and it was super fantastic. and big. there are so many little munchkins running around these days, banging on pianos, walking on those cans attached to ropes (remember those? only now they're not cans, they're foam cushions, cause everything is safer unless it's got lead in it or it's from china, so mostly everything is not safer). we did a grooming closet cleanout the other week, so i brought up lots of lotions and creams and gels, etc. and everyone got really into it. my mother put the terra cotta menorah that julie and i made when we were little on top of the fireplace and we ate latkes and brisket and roast chicken and i could go on for an hour about the food but i won't.

yesterday, i was buying my breakfast at work and the woman at the register asked me how i'm doing.
"a bit under the weather," i answered.
as i was pouring my soy milk, i thought about this expression some more.
"under the weather."
it doesn't make much sense, does it? we're all technically below the weather, unless we're flying Jet Blue to Vegas through an ominous pile of cumulonimbus. who knows. maybe they mean, like, it's sleeting and you're below it? also, who even says "under the weather" anyway?? it's kind of rude. the woman at the checkout doesn't need to hear about my problems, she's got her own. just say you're fine and BRING IT IN!

but anyway. since i can't let it go, and since these are the things i think about throughout the day, i googled it and here is what i found:

UNDER THE WEATHER:
Colloquial expression for sick or ill as, for example, to be under the weather with the flu. The phrase "under the weather" came from British sailing ships. When a sailor became ill he was confined below deck out of the weather, so it was said that he was under the weather.

see you on deck very soon!