"It's not swearing if it's not in English."

I am sick as a dog.

Why do they say "sick as a dog"? Are they really sick so often that they deserve that? How about, instead, animals carrying sicknesses? Why don't they get things like that??

I am sick as a New York sewer rat. I am sick as an African monkey. I am sick as a dead bird.


My voice started to go the last few days I was in Las Vegas. (I got home yesterday afternoon.) But when I woke up this morning my head felt like lead (ooo, I rhymed) and my throat was completely closed off. I was so out of it that I had no idea why my parents kept calling for me to come downstairs. Once I did finally get down there I practically refused to get off the couch. (I took me about a half hour to realize today is my mothers birthday.) And when my mother was saying bye to me I told her "Ok, goodnight."

My sister-in-law's mom called today to talk to my mom.
Gloria: "You sound horrible, Meridith."
Susannah: "This is Susannah."
Gloria: "Oh. You sound even worse then!"

Hahaha! What ever happened to the whole 'we sound the exact same' thing? How would my lost voice sound worse on me than Meridith? Hahaha.