With an unexpected twist at the end

A recent study seemed to indicate that moderate levels of alcohol intake can boost the immune system. While this sounds really fantastic, it's actually not great news for those of us with already-overactive immune systems.



Late last week the dry air from the weather and forced air heating was aggravating my sinuses (nosebleeds YAY!), so I bought a new neti pot and started irrigating twice a day. Things didn't improve and I felt like I was coming down with a head cold. NOPE. Turns out I have a sinus infection. Hoo-Fucking-Ray. So now I'm on antibiotics (my favorite), and my entire face feels like its full of cement. My left molars ache, and my left ear feels like I've been on a plane for five hours and haven't popped my ears yet. Also, I'm fucking exhausted.



And of course of course this happens at a time when I absolutely cannot call in sick because I'm the only person working in the office until January 6. So I need to be here to open the English department office suites and receive/distribute mail for the entire building.



OH AND ALSO my doctor's office ran the wrong damn blood test last week so now I gotta go back in to have my female hormone panels re-done. Luckily, it's not a fasting test, so I can go tonight right after work. If only I'd known about this when I was there yesterday afternoon getting my prescription for the sinus infection.



So hey, does anyone want the saline packets from my neti pot? This is the second time I've contracted a sinus infection from irrigating my sinuses so I think I'm one of the 0.001% of people who shouldn't do it. OF COURSE.

Adding to today's awesome: my last xmas present for mckitterick arrived yesterday (well, the last one besides the one that's not going to ship until sometime this spring THANKS GUYS) and they sent me the wrong thing. I mean, part of the shipment was right, but a crucial piece? TOTALLY NOT WHAT I ORDERED.



For some reason, Medusa posts have been popping up on my dash after my snake collection published (after--OF COURSE) and this one was a particularly lovely analysis of the character/creature of Medusa. I might be having a lot of Medusa feels and maybe I should do an art piece of her. Just need to find the perfect starting piece to work with for an altered portrait.

Whoa whoa whoa HOLD THE PRESSES! I just got off the phone with customer service for Sent-The-Wrong-Thing Company and they are overnighting me the correct item and I don't even have to return the wrong one.



Okay, that's a nice note to close this out.

With an unexpected twist at the end

A recent study seemed to indicate that moderate levels of alcohol intake can boost the immune system. While this sounds really fantastic, it's actually not great news for those of us with already-overactive immune systems.



Late last week the dry air from the weather and forced air heating was aggravating my sinuses (nosebleeds YAY!), so I bought a new neti pot and started irrigating twice a day. Things didn't improve and I felt like I was coming down with a head cold. NOPE. Turns out I gave myself a sinus infection. Hoo-Fucking-Ray. So now I'm on antibiotics (my favorite), and my entire face feels like it's full of cement. My left molars ache, and my left ear feels like I've been on a plane for five hours and haven't popped my ears yet. Also, I'm fucking exhausted.



And of course of course this happens at a time when I absolutely cannot call in sick because I'm the only person working in the office until January 6. So I need to be here to open the English department office suites and receive/distribute mail for the entire building.



OH AND ALSO my doctor's office ran the wrong damn blood test last week so now I gotta go back in to have my female hormone panels re-done. Luckily, it's not a fasting test, so I can go tonight right after work. If only I'd known about this when I was there yesterday afternoon getting my prescription for the sinus infection.



So hey, does anyone want the saline packets from my neti pot? This is the second time I've contracted a sinus infection from irrigating my sinuses so I think I'm one of the 0.001% of people who shouldn't do it. OF COURSE.

Adding to today's awesome: my last xmas present for mckitterick arrived yesterday (well, the last one besides the one that's not going to ship until sometime this spring THANKS GUYS) and they sent me the wrong thing. I mean, part of the shipment was right, but a crucial piece? TOTALLY NOT WHAT I ORDERED.



For some reason, Medusa posts have been popping up on my dash after my snake collection published (after--OF COURSE) and this one was a particularly lovely analysis of the character/creature of Medusa. I might be having a lot of Medusa feels and maybe I should do an art piece of her. Just need to find the perfect starting piece to work with for an altered portrait.

Whoa whoa whoa HOLD THE PRESSES! I just got off the phone with customer service for Sent-The-Wrong-Thing Company and they are overnighting me the correct item and I don't even have to return the wrong one.



Okay, that's a nice note to close this out.