Bad luck and obeah.

 It's really true, bad luck really wussa dan obeah.😡 

How do I know? Because, obeah only works if you believe in it but bad luck jus bad.

My experience with obeah happened many decades ago before disposable razors were invented. I was then a weekly columnist with a leading  newspaper and one day, an innocuous looking letter arrived at my home in a small white envelope. No return address. 

When I opened it, it had in nothing but a shiny, brand new razor blade with a long black strand of hair wrapped around it. No letter or note inside. 

Right away  I realized it must be some attempt at obeah sent by someone who was upset about something I had written. (I regularly got abusive, dissenting mail!)

As I don't believe in obeah, I screwed the blade into my razor and used it several times to shave my leg. Naturally nothing happened as if you are an unbeliever, obeah is ineffective.😁.

On the other hand, I have never had such a string of medical bad luck in my decades on this planet, than over the past week.

I had traveled from my home in Florida to Denver, Colorado, (mile high city) to attend my daughter's award ceremony when a string of medical problems just tek set pon mi.

It all started the day after I arrived, with a front tooth under a bridge breaking and the bridge fell out. 

Well yu know, panic set in as there is no way I cudda smile or tek a picture with missing front teet.😭.

Long story short, I googled dentists nearby and luckily found Dr. Kevin Smith.

He was a godsend, quickly removing the offending tooth, stuffing the bone section under the gum so it wouldn't heal out of shape, then he sutured the gum. He then gave me a prescription for an antibiotic to enhance rapid healing.

I never felt a thing. He was really great but you know it cost an arm and a leg.

How can one survive in the USA without credit cards?

Feeling on top of the world after Dr. Smith's intervention.

Anyway after looking in the mirror I walked to Walgreens across the road to fill the prescription then headed home feeling on top of the world on the sunny  spring morning.

The owner tends her tulips for spring

Well massa dats when the rest of di bad luck chip in. 

I dont know if it was at the pharmacy or the dentist office that I picked up the flu virus.

 Yes, that same wicked one, because for the next three days it was pure chills, no energy and fever. 

Tell you the truth, mi nuh know if it was really the virus, for yu know Denver is called mile high, as its more than 5280 feet above sea level.

Well, when yu get old, all dem little things matter, for according to the experts, the high altitude and thinner air can exaberate pre-existing heart issues, cause fatigue and rapid dehydration.

 Well massa, it look like I got the whole shebang for I was sick like a dawg for the next three days, despite swallowing every drug I could lay my hands on at home and even from the pharmacy.

Fortunately, on the evening of the award ceremony I was feeling much better so happily attended.

That was my whole reason for going to Denver anyway and I was proud as a mother hen and had a great time. 

But the bad luck wasn't finished with me yet, for that night a piece a belly ache and belly works land pon mi yu si!😡

Long story short, I searched down the house next day and found some Pepto Bismal which did the trick and had one whole good day after that.

Its really great to descend from the mile high though and return home. 

I don't see myself heading that way again anytime soon.

Despite all the crosses, I am happy that I was able to make it to the award ceremony though.😊

Keep soaring Michele.

Link: https://joan-myviews.blogspot.com/2026/04/living-her-dream.html?m=1.