Another 5-6 inches of the white stuff today.  More blowing and more shoveling.  Now the temps will be dropping over the weekend. Oh yay.

My hands hurt. 

I am officially dis-inviting Mother Nature to any and all events for the rest of the winter.

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Posted by: Teresa in Ho-Hum at 12:18 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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So I have a cold of sorts for the first time in I don't know how long.  It's a strange one - all post nasal drip and coughing. Oddly enough I can breathe just fine.   

It's cutting into my sleep of course.  You know it wouldn't be so bad if one could go to bed and just sleep it off.  But going to bed and then having a coughing fit just doesn't work so well.

Oh well, time to go make some hot tea and see if that helps.  Then maybe to bed early.  Not exactly what I intended to do for today.  But there's always tomorrow and maybe this will let up a bit. 

Posted by: Teresa in Ho-Hum at 07:27 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 If you insist on hot tea, add some blackberry brandy to it. Personally, I prefer hot toddies to battle the chest congestion. In any case, either will help a lot.

Posted by: Omnibus Driver at January 03, 2011 11:12 PM (Rgb5b)

2 Hate colds. Hate, hate, hate. I bet some sneezing snotty-handed inconsiderate jerk spored all over stuff out in public and passed the germs along to 100 innocent people and you just got caught up in the net. That's how I always picture it happening, anyway. It doesn't make the cold any better, but I need somewhere to place the BLAME. I officially hate the jerk who gave you this cold, on your behalf, because you wouldn't have had it BUT FOR the spore-spreader. No way. Hating on all the spore-spreaders now. Yes I am. 

Posted by: sheri at January 04, 2011 06:23 AM (zRG4u)

3 Hope you feel better soon, Teresa.  Colds suck.

Posted by: pam at January 04, 2011 09:13 AM (i3Kno)

4 Leslie - I wish I had some blackberry brandy. LOL.  I don't have any liqueurs at the moment mainly because I don't drink them.  I think we have Makers Mark upstairs so I could make a hot toddy... but sadly I dislike the taste.  I'm not a good "patient" when it comes to these things. I dislike most all the remedies either folk or medical.  I think that's why I don't get sick much - I'd drive everyone insane.

Sheri - I KNEW I could count on you to hate the spore spreaders for me.  Right now I'm too tired to actively hate them but I will recover. 

Pam - thanks much

I bought some cough syrup today. I dislike the stuff intensely since it makes me feel queasy, but we'll see how it works this time. heh.
 

Posted by: Teresa at January 04, 2011 10:47 AM (xE2iU)

5 Have you been hanging with my son?  That's the exact cold he has!  He was just commenting today on how it was the weirdest cold he ever had, he could breathe, but sleeping was a bear.  Lots of odd coughing...

Posted by: Bou at January 04, 2011 10:29 PM (wEvt/)

6 My youngest is coughing just like that.  Driving his asthma crazy.  Hope everyone gets well soon.

Posted by: vwbug at January 05, 2011 07:59 AM (FPOeI)

7 I came back from vacation in November with that same thing; I thought it was a reaction to tropical pollens or something ... until it lasted five weeks.

It never got worse, nor better, and few medicines made any difference at all. It just finally went away on its own.

I pray yours doesn't last nearly so long.

Posted by: Rev. Paul at January 05, 2011 04:35 PM (0DZhf)

8 I hope your cold is better by now. Your symptoms describe perfectly what I had for a good month. The weirdass wracking coughs, especially at night. Horrendous. Just don't let it turn into a secondary infection. Be well.

Posted by: Kim at January 07, 2011 09:33 PM (VMO+T)

9 Thanks Paul and Kim - feeling better today just tired not bleh feeling.  A bit hoarse, but the Robitussin cough and pseudoephed  let me sleep last night.   So getting better.  Hope to get out and walk tomorrow and that will help a lot. I have done NOTHING this week and it doesn't sit well.  heh.

Posted by: Teresa at January 07, 2011 11:49 PM (xE2iU)

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