In my House January 22

In my House today, I'm officially sick of being sick. It's boring me.
It started out last Tuesday as a cold/flu/voodoo curse. The flu stage lasted for a couple of days, the cold lingered and then on the weekend it developed into some kind of Bronchial-cough that has left me sounding like I've been smoking hash 24 hours a day for the last month.
At least that would have been fun. This sucks. Cough medicine, Advil cold-flu, oregano oil, every kind of Tea with honey and Vodka. I thought a little Vodka wouldn't hurt.
Today I'm finally going to the Doctor. Up till now I've been too sick!

In my house today I have to start losing weight. I'm not way over weight just over
Shouldice weight. Shouldice is the world famous hernia hospital just off of Bayview. Years ago I had a hernia repaired there and the place is great. It's like a drive-thru hernia repair shop...
You come in, hoist your groin up, they fix it and you're on your way. Now I have to have the other side done.
The thing is they have very specific guidelines as to weight because after all they have to cut through some of your flab to get to the hernia.
So I've been told I have to lose nearly 15 pounds.
15 pounds by May.
No problem. Except in about 6 weeks we're going on a cruise where I've been told I'll eat 9 times a day and remain polluted for the entire voyage.
Still if I lose a few pounds now, I can put on a few on the boat and then net out even when I get back.
All this because of a painful bulge in my pants. And not the good kind.