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April 03, 2006
let's try this again: ANEW
Funny, after I posted this weekend about April being the end of March and therefore the symbolic end of the early-spring funk, I caught the flu.
Talk about irony. But hey--isn't it always?
So I've been sitting, shivering under layers of blankets, for two days. Now, this evening, my throat finally doesn't feel like I'm rubbing my tonsils against dry concrete every time I swallow. My head is still a thumping mass of snot-making misery, but relatively speaking, I'm on the up-and-up.
I attribute my body's keen ability to bounce back to:
1. Golden seal. I take it in caplet form, which also has some echinacea in it. But I think the golden seal is what really kicks the crap out of sick. (I only take it when I feel like I'm getting sick, or when I am sick.)
2. Hot lemon water with cayenne pepper. This shit will make you RIGHT. I put a little honey in it too, but I'm not sure why; I sure as hell can't taste the honey. (A word of caution: do NOT inhale as you sip this drink!!)
3. Otto's german horseradish mustard. It was the only thing I could taste yesterday, and so I ate it on crackers with some cheese and this fancy bologna that B got for his birthday (yes, our friends are...er, creative gift givers!). I sat down now with a dab of it with some cheese and crackers, and I can hardly bare the burn of it.
4. My children. Having to care for Jack, post-op, who is the BEST little trouper in the world. He rarely complains, and after less than a week he gets into the bath with NO cajoling and lets us apply the required ointment to his sutures (which are in a very *very* sensitive spot) without a tear. How can I be pitiful and miserable when I have him for a role model? And Hannah, who is suffering with a sore throat and headache as badly as I am, stayed home today from school. The weather was gorgeous, and she spent the sunny afternoon outside playing quietly with J-baby while I did some cleaning. I am surrounded by beautiful, good-natured, kids! They asked for cream of wheat and oranges for dinner! I am a fortunate mother, I am.
I am upset that I missed a long training run this weekend, and I probably will not be able to make it up (17 miles). But sheesh. I could also say this: Hey! Since I was sick this weekend, I got OUT of running 17 miles! Woo HOO!
:)
Posted by mryonker at April 3, 2006 09:18 PM
Comments
Sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. Get better soon.
Posted by: digitalpenny at April 3, 2006 10:43 PM
My father swears by a shot of ry and lots of blankets, to "sweat it out." Only rye works, he says.
Glad to hear you're on the mend. Jack, too, poor boy-- ice cream all around, I say!
Posted by: rdanberg at April 4, 2006 12:17 PM
I don't normally have any good hard liquor laying around the house (or lying around--sheesh).
But the rye keeps with my heal-it-by-burning-it motif. I'll be sure to try it next time.
Gad, I don't even know what rye is? Whiskey?
Posted by: madeline at April 4, 2006 11:29 PM
Yep-- whiskey. Since my father is a vodka drinker, whiskey falls under the category of "for medicinal purposes only."
Posted by: robt at April 5, 2006 08:21 PM