Two Quickies…

Quickie #1:

Ok… I just couldn’t pass this one up.  The Juice is getting squeezed!  OJ got sent back to the pokey today and I’m soooo loving it!  He has been completely out of hand since getting away with murder and I hope the smug thug gets what’s coming to him for this little offense, at least.

Quickie #2:

Since my nostrils have basically sealed themselves shut, I’ve been tearing the house apart looking for something that might work to re-open them.  I stumbled on a jar of Vick’s Vaporub and had to share another story about Hanner (my granny).  Back when we were little, the queen of home remedies somehow decided that Vick’s could also be taken orally/internally.  If you coughed within a five-mile radius of her or dared mention your throat was a little scratchy, she would whip out a bottle of “Vick’s Salve,” scoop up a gob with her finger, and instruct you to hold out your tongue.  She’d slather the gob of that nasty stuff on it and tilt your head back so it would slide down your throat.  The fact that Vick’s sliding down our throats alone didn’t suffocate at least a couple of us amazes me, but when you consider she was frequently feeding us this stuff for the duration of our cold or flu, it goes beyond miracles that we aren’t all dead!  Got to love our Grannies!  Those who didn’t kill us, just made us stronger!  He, he!

Just My Luck… I’m Sick!

Can you believe this crap?  For the first time in several weeks I started feeling human again the other day and finally realized my flare had ended, but when I was trying to drift off to sleepy land last night, I started… brace yourselves…. sniffling!  I sprayed some nasal decongestant up each nostril, got back in bed, and hoped for the best.  This morning, I woke up with a full-fledged COLD!  Uugghhhh!

Granted, I’ll take a cold over the other stuff any day of the week and many would be shocked that I’m even whining about it, but this is just WRONG!  [sniff, sniff] Couldn’t I at least have had week before stricken again with another affliction?  I blame my husband for this, too.  He came home early from work one day last week claiming to have a sinus infection.  [sniff, sniff, blow... sniff, sniff, blow] Had I known he was contagious I would have quarentined his butt! 

My son was sniffling yesterday, but we had all been out and about when it rained the day before and I assumed it was from that.  [cough, cough] No mistaking it this morning!  He’s got it, too.  [wheeze] I went into the kitchen to get him some meds [cough some more] and there on the window sill was a freshly opened bottle of cold medicine and a bag of cough drops on the top of the fridge.  I didn’t see Mom when she got in from work this morning, but the evidence suggests she’s also a victim!  [cough hard, expel lugee]Others will probably be claimed soon.  My daughter, her fiance, my 3-week-old grandbaby, and stepdaughter were all here visiting yesterday.  I feel horrible about that now.  Had I even thought for a minute we would all be sick today, I would have given fair warning. [wiping watery eyes]

While my throat is sore, my nose is stuffy and burning, and eyes are itching like crazy, I really don’t feel that bad.  [haaauhhh-choooo, sniff, sniff] My son, on the other hand, seems to have the wind knocked out of his sails.  He’s opting to lie in bed and watch a movie this morning rather than tearing up my house and destroying his room.  [sniff, sniff, HONK!] I think I’m going fix us all some nice hot soup for lunch today, even though its like 80+ degrees outside, he, he.  Yes friends and neighbors… fall is in the air and it is bringing the cold virus with it!

Now where was all this eye-watering business when I was flaring and bone dry a few days ago?  [haaauuuuhh-chooo, snort, cough, sniff, honk, hauk, puttoo!]