Day number 54,238,763,629 of being sick...Ok I might be exaggerating...slightly

Dear Immune System,

WHERE ARE YOU?!?!!  Srsly!!  Now is not the time for a vacation.  GET BACK TO WORK!

No Love,

Me

*****

In related news... 

Things I've learned:

1.  If it says Non-Drowsy.  Don't believe it.  It may not make you sleepy...but there is a 99.999% chance it's going to make you woozy or air-headed or cracked out.

2.  Coughing up green stuff is actually better (on the throat) than dry coughing.  How do I know it is green?  B/c Nick made me RAKE it out of my mouth to see what color it was.  TMI?  So sorry.  Doing it is actually worse than hearing about it. Trust.  And anyway If you're reading this..I'm sure you've heard me say worse.

3.  Sleep is NOT your friend when you have to sleep sitting up in order to keep your throat from closing up.

4.  It is possible to sleep ALL DAY (with perhaps 15 minute intervals of woozy awake time) and then proceed to sleep through the night...

5.  ... BUT THE DREAMS! OH THE DREAMS!  Are incredible.  Incredibly realistic.  Incredibly crazy.  Incredibly long.  The past 3 days have felt like at least two months.  I go to sleep for an hour and wake up feeling like it's been 2 days.  (now mind you, this isn't a rested feeling...just a worn out from the crazy, cold med and fever induced dreams.)

6.  I still maintain.  I will take the severe head cold/sinus infection over the stomach bug I had two weeks ago (that lasted TWO WEEKS!).  But at least I could think and maintain a relatively normal routine then.  It's hard to think when your head is all fogged up.

7.  I don't think I've ever consistently had a temperature over 99.4 this long.  Ever.  Am I killing brain cells?  No really.  Am I?  Because I feel like I've lost a few days somewhere along the way...

8.  Berry scented Lysol (it's the purple one) is quite nice.  Doesn't even smell like Lysol.  You should get some.

9.  These:

Are the most heavenly things in the world.  Perhaps it could be that this devil is on its way out of my system so I'm feeling a little better...but these little cough drop pieces of Heaven... are.  the.  best.  I will never underestimate the power of a cough drop again in my life.  Never.  The immediate cooling of the sore/raw throat.  The soothing vapors to the raw, dried out nasal cavity (even though the nose continues to run....), the calming relief to the sore/heavy lungs that don't have to cough every 5 seconds.  *sighs*  Heaven.

10.  I have finally crossed over into crazy germaphobe territory.  I think we all knew it was coming.  But after being sick (in a couple different ways) for the last 3 weeks...it's time.