[Bordermarch] Frozen Throat Thingy

[David Lathrop]

The Frozen Throat Thingy
 

 

February 25 2005, 

I arrived early at the Ravens March event alone because my lady the Good Elisabeth had to work and pick up our son after school. Me thinks she is starting to think like a man. I therefore set up camp alone. It went well except for the pinched fingers from sliding the tent poles together and the sore spots where bungie cords snapped back and slapped my skull. My love muffin of a wife noticed that the covers on the cots were too small, of course it was I who grabbed a handful from the house and told her I had the bedding situation under control. She was right of course, they looked like baby blankets but we had quite a few of them. I, Bad Bad Santiago, figured if I got cold I would snuggle up to her and steal her body warmth. When bedtime finally arrived she started putting on socks, flannel shirts and long pants. She warned me to do the same. Bad Bad Santiago did not listen. I couldn’t snuggle up because the cots I had put together now had a ridge between them that felt like the
 continental divide. It was cold that night. My feet kept sticking out from the covers so I had to bow up like a cutworm to keep them under the covers. Bad move. I had helped set up pavilions until the wee hours that evening and I flew out of bed with leg cramps. If you could have seen me I probably looked like a chicken bobbing up and down grabbing my leg and thinking bad thoughts.

The cramps finally decided it was too cold and went away. I then realized I had to go to the rest room, thought a moment and decided I would rather go in the bed than get dressed and go the bathhouses. I think my wife was pretending to be comatose so she would not have to listen to my whining. Once back in bed I pulled the blankets around my head and the only thing left exposed was my mouth. Deep sleep at last. Why I must have slept for a good hour before my mouth and throat froze. That little throat thingy that hangs down in the back was stuck to the back of my throat and hurt real bad. After mourning coffee it finally thawed out and fell back in place doing whatever it is supposed to do. It still hurts four days later. Next time I will listen to the Good Elisabeth. Vivat!

 

P.S. What the heck does Vivat mean?

 

 

 

Santiago of Green Mountain Keep

03/01/05

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