Well, I thought I'd put my two cents worth down in my blog today.
Nothing too exciting going on....in fact, I feel a little under the weather (whatever that means).....I just did a web search as to the meaning of this phrase and this is what it says,
"This popular phrase for "ill" dates back to 1827. It is commonly believed that bad weather can make you sick. "Under the weather" is an old sailor phrase. When men were sick, they would rest below deck and thus were literally "under" the weather on deck. Moreover, the deck they were under was likely "the weather deck", meaning the most exposed deck on the ship, usually the foredeck (over the seamen's quarters at the front end of the ship) or the quarterdeck (where the helm was located, high for a good view). Either way, if you needed to be sick, you wouldn't want to "toss your cookies" where the wind could toss them back in your face, nor would anyone with you want you to do so. You'd be firmly told to go "under the weather" to be sick."
While I don't have a deck to get under, I imagine the change in the weather may be causing me to feel a bit under the weather. In other words, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THIS DARN SNOW AND COLD WEATHER THEY ARE PREDICTING WE WILL BE GETTING!
I was up during the night again....maybe it's the hormones kicking in. Joy, Joy.
I've been cleaning today, scrubbing floors, vacuuming, etc., and that could be another reason to feel under the weather. Also, watched the Gophers get beat by Michigan today and that was a downer.
To help bring me out of the doldrums (that's another phrase that I have no idea where it came from....I'll have to look up doldrum...I don't even know if I spelled it right). Here is the meaning: sluggish; inactive; in low spirits. Yep, that's me....no Sassy Sissy today....more like Sluggish Sissy. Anyway, as I was saying before I got sidetracked with all these idioms or sayings, I went out and bought myself some CAKE to help make me feel better. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, right? While my cake isn't quite as big as the one in the picture, it's big enough. And, I'm older than 28....closer in age to Estelle Getty - may she rest in peace (the little old lady in the front on the cake).
I do hope your day is going better than mine and I haven't put you "in the doldrums". I think I'm giving my age away when I come up with all these weird sayings....another reason to feel crappy.
