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The Cookie Test

11/26/2013

 
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We used to have a dog who was a bit of a drama queen. Every now and then, out of the blue, she would yelp and start limping. The first few times it happened I would go over her legs and feet, check her back and face (she did occasionally eat bees) . . . nothing. So I started using the Cookie Test. When she acted like she was injured, I would say, “Hayley, want a cookie??” If she just stood there or kept limping, I’d know she had really hurt herself. But more often than not she would come running for her cookie, her mystery pain gone.

The Cookie Test works on kids too, but they can read so we won’t go there.

Nowadays I use the Cookie Test to get myself out of bed on winter days. I wake up with aches and pains. The weak light outside is gray. I’m so tired. I should have gone to bed earlier last night. If only I could take one day to sleep, ALL DAY. I deserve to do nothing for one lousy day. I owe it to myself.  It’s cold outside. It’s cold INside. Maybe I’m sick. Is that a stomach ache? I need a mental health day.

But I ask myself, “If this were a day off do you feel too bad to go shopping?”

And then I get up and go to work.


Lisa
11/27/2013 11:19:49 am

Oooh I do that too! I reward myself though if I do make it to work. Unfortunately DD is right on the way!


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    ​Linda Stone

    I've always loved to read. I just wish it burned calories.


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