Ugh. I've come down with my annual head cold. The progression of symptoms is always the same, and this cold is completely non-debilitating. But I always dislike becoming a snot faucet.

Everyone, keep Paul Warlop (Pavel) in your thoughts and prayers; he is in the hospital with a diagnosis of sepsis.

How bad for you is inflammation, really? (I'm talking the kind of inflammation that follows a muscle/soft tissue injury.) I took a fall at work last week, landed hard on my tailbone, and it's still bothering me. For things like this I'm always of two minds: take ibuprofen so that I can work at my usual level, but risk overworking an injury? Or just ( Read more... )

After a very full (good, but not restful) weekend, I nevertheless woke up 15 minutes before my alarm this morning, got in to work at a bright and early 7am, stuck to my guns and got a lot done there, ran a variety of errands, and went down to my ophthalmologist's in person because I wasn't able to get through on the phone all day. They graciously ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamt that I was eating sushi with my friends in the afterlife ( Read more... )

Scratched my cornea today at work. This is a major hassle, and a major discomfort. I know it will be mostly resolved in the next 24 hours (it's a pretty minor scratch) but it's still extremely aggravating ... not least because my eye keeps watering and watering and all that salty stuff is irritating the delicate skin below my eye and along my ( Read more... )

I think I may be on the mend from this cold. ~crosses fingers ( Read more... )

cayeux caught a cold last week and this time around I caught it from him. Looking back, this is the first significant cold I've had since September, which really isn't too bad. But I'm still physically uncomfortable and I don't like it. Bleah.

cayeux is sick, poor baby. It is a testament to my sleeping abilities that I didn't notice him hacking, coughing, and throwing up overnight. :-P I feel really bad for him ( Read more... )

Dear Universe,

It would be totally awesome if I wasn't sick anymore.

Love,
Me.