When you're an adult, it's no cliché, it's the truth.

[lithiumlaughter]

Been fighting off a nasty-ass cold/flu/something-shitty for about a week now.

One of my students noticed. She recommended taking a teaspoon of honey, a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon, and stirring it in to a mug of hot water. Mix up and drink up twice a day. I figured what the hell. Why not. It's not like I had anything to lose by trying it. Plus, I'd

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[vikingprincess]

I finally got a whole night's sleep last night, undisturbed by horrible dry coughing and serious nose blowing. Today, I face the cleaning. And the grading. And also possibly the getting the car's oil changed....

But if I clean and am good about it, there could also be holiday decorating!

So I guess I'll be responsible. In a little while. Probably.

[lithiumlaughter]

Full nights of sleep are beautiful, beautiful things.
(And for the record, I spent last week having screwed up dreams about work. All of a sudden, I am so much more sympathetic to your own experience with this. Dammit work, stay out of my sleep!)

Holiday decorating! Wooo! I'm not particularly gifted in this area, so my place will likely end up not decked out. Christmas music, sure, but no decorations.

Awesome. Y'know. When you get around to it. Possibly.

[vikingprincess]

Work should be fined for invading sleep time! I mean, if we're working anyway, shouldn't we get paid for it? :P

There was a nap. But now I'm feeling semi-productive, and have already mostly straightened the living room. So, y' know, there could still be things happening that are not of the work variety.

[lithiumlaughter]

GOD yes. I wonder how we go about getting that to happen, because it needs to.

Hoorah for naps! Did you end up getting more things done?

[xenokattz]

Oooh, must try that concoction. My go-to for cold/flu/sore throat is fresh ginger (sliced), sliced lemons & honey boiled in a tea. Cinnamon (in small doses) is an anti-inflammatory & antibiotic/anti-fungal, combined with the general awesomeness of honey should be awesome. Plus also tastes like cinnamon bun tea. ;)

I just unwrapped my second really ridiculously priced purchase since EVER but I will never regret it: A Tempur-Pedic mattress. HOMG, Percy. THE SLEEP THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING. This is what sleep in Heaven is like. I don't toss & turn & all my achy old-lady/haphazard athlete injuries are cradled ever so gently. Wonder of wonders, I wake up RESTED instead of CROCHETY. Best mumblemumble dollars I ever spent.

[lithiumlaughter]

It does indeed taste like cinnamon bun tea. Which is why I'm so comfortable drinking it. The fact that there is SCIENCE of a sort behind it makes it even better.

HOLY SHIT. So it is truly like sleeping on a cloud, as I have heard, yes? Sleep in heaven. Oh, God, I do not need to add one more thing to the list of things that I need/want. I can only imagine that kind of sleep.

And for only mumblemumble dollars. Heh.

[xenokattz]

VERILY IT IS!

There's a spectrum of softness/firmness you can choose. Mine's on the firmest of the soft 9if that makes sense). The Oprah Model (that's honestly what the salesperson called it) is so soft, its like falling into a bounce house in slow motion. A smidge too claustophobic for me & also I'm afraid I'd never leave the bed. The model my parents liked didn't have enough give for me but that might be because I'm lighter than their combined weight. IDK

I LOVE MY BED, PERCY. It is a wonderful bed of wonder!

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[scribble_myname]

As a thought, you can kill a flu/cold in a day or two by replacing the cinnamon with garlic and adding enough raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar or plain lemon juice to make the drink tolerable. Drink that stuff every couple hours and gone. (I find the vinegar variety to be genuinely tasty. :shrugs: )

[lithiumlaughter]

As in minced garlic in hot water, cut with the apple cider vinegar or lemon juice?

Because that actually sounds like something I might try.

[xenokattz]

One of my aunts used to make us eat a spoonful of raw minced garlic and honey when we had the flu. I don't know if it worked or if I just love garlic & honey.

[lithiumlaughter]

I had pasta aoli for dinner, which is basically sauteed garlic, olive oil, and hot chilli flakes on pasta, and plan to throw back a cinnamon/honey mix. That count?

Am baking cookies right now too, which I think my neighbors may kill me for. Sizzling garlic, followed by the smell of baking cookies...