travels with my panda
By Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11133)
June 27, 2017 1:04am CST
I don't actually have a panda, and even if I did I'm not sure that I would take it travelling.
However, I do have the beginnings of a headache and I am on the bus. For the rest of its existence I shall indulge this headache with the name Panda, because that is obviously what my subconscious has a need to do.
Panda is just ... about ... there. No, left a bit. Don't you see me pointing?
I am so exceptionally sleepy, counting down the days {three more, after today} until my longish summer holiday begins. Long lie-ins, lazy days, jobs to be done around the house and garden, books to be read, telly programmes to catch up with ... but, I still have to get through these Final Days.
Panda is still with me, enjoying his travels. He has settled himself around my left eye, hugging it so tightly and generally making his presence felt. Well, he's Panda. Panda is cute and loveable and funny. Who doesn't love Panda?
Me. I don't. He's making my eye itch.
Stupid Panda.
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12 responses
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
27 Jun 17
Oh, too cute to name it panda 
Literally, we love panda.
We have bunch of panda stuffed toys at home and the biggest one was bought directly from China.
My kids are panda lovers.
Take care of yourself, let panda go away 
Literally, we love panda.
We have bunch of panda stuffed toys at home and the biggest one was bought directly from China.
My kids are panda lovers.
Take care of yourself, let panda go away 2 people like this
@Poppylicious (11133)
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27 Jun 17
Pandas are very lovely. My headache was not. :)
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@LadyDuck (458192)
• Switzerland
27 Jun 17
@Poppylicious I am sorry, I also have a headache today, but I know it's due to the thunderstorms. We are having a very bad weather. At least is cool.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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27 Jun 17
I don't even know where Panda came from. It just popped into my head, both figuratively and literally! He did go away, but now he has returned. *sad face*
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
27 Jun 17
@Poppylicious Entertaining rambles though
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Interesting... Naming your headache Panda. I guess to me I consider a Panda a Cute cuddly bear, so I could never call mine that, but I have had a really bad headache all day and wish mine would move on to someone else.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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27 Jun 17
I didn't call my headache Panda. He called himself Panda. He is deceptive and cheeky.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
27 Jun 17
Naming pain and giving it an identity is a technique I've used quite often (I don't actually name it but I do visualise it as a separate being). I have found that treating it as an uninvited guest is useful because accepting that the pain exists, being 'polite' to it and allowing it to stay for a while is a way of owning the pain and of coming to terms with it.
There is always some reason for pain's existence and allowing it to have an identity can help in understanding its underlying cause and dealing with it. Just taking a painkiller may stop the pain from being troublesome but it doesn't actually cure the thing that's causing the pain.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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27 Jun 17
I don't think I have ever done it before. Or maybe I have without realising. I think this pain is probably due to exhaustion. Not tiredness, but pure exhaustion. I feel as if I'm running on empty.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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27 Jun 17
I would rather that this particular Panda didn't travel with me!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
28 Jun 17
bless yer heart 'n yer eye! seems such a malady 's done nothin' to tarnish yer creativity 'n brilliant humor. i'm runnin' 'hind 'n think y'ave jest 1 day left now?? i shall count the hours with ya 'n hope that panda went back to the jungles 'n 'tis munchin' 'pon bamboo leavin' ya pain free.
@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
27 Jun 17
@poppylicious And to think a truck load of cash is being invested in saving pandas from extinction - how very unthoughtful of the Save the Panda brigade.
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