a 20-year streak comes to an end

Until yesterday I had quite a streak going: 20 years without puking. The last time I hurled I was 17--a senior in high school.

There are a couple reasons for the no-puke streak. First off, I don't get sick very often. Secondly, when I am sick--even with the flu, I just don't usually feel the urge to throw up. I've never tried to not throw up. I just haven't needed to...until yesterday.

I was sitting in my office at about 1:45 and all of the sudden I felt dizzy...just, boom! Out of nowhere. I didn't think much of it. I ran home to let the dog out (Jenny was out all day) and the dizziness started getting worse. I decided to lay down to see if it would go away. It didn't. I COULD NOT get the room to stop spinning.

I have no idea what caused it but a couple hours later, I found myself hunched over the toilet, heaving uncontrollably. Nice, huh?

And, of course, I'm thinking, Man! There goes my 20-year non-puke streak...right down the toilet.

I called Jenny a few minutes later. When she answered I said, "The streak is over." And she new exactly what I was talking about.

I feel better today...I just hope I can go another 20 years before the next time. It was NOT GOOD.