With an unexpected twist at the end

[clevermanka]

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.

Comments

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I will totally stick your salt up my nose, but if you find a local taker, that makes more sense, since no shipping, and it's an opportunity for a coffee date or something with a friend. :-)

CLEVERMANKA enters A RESTAURANT and LOOKS AROUND FURTIVELY
(whispering)
"YO, MAN, I GOT THE NOSE ROCK YOU WANTED."

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha ha! Okay, if nobody local pipes up, I'll pack this up for you. I've got a big(ish) container of loose salt and then ~25 individual packets.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I have been using (you may wince if you like) table salt. I suppose I could add a pinch of baking soda, but, yeah.

Chronic sinus infections when I was younger, and I spent most of the last two years of high school with mild bronchitis.

[zitronenhai.livejournal.com]

I think I have something of an allergic reaction to alcohol. Yay. :\

re: Your series of unfortunate events, JESUS H. CHRIST ON A POGO STICK.

I am glad there was some good news at the end!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I know I'm mildly allergic to alcohol. I always get a stuffy nose. Sometimes it's worse than others, but it always, always happens.

*sad solidarity fistbump*

re: Your series of unfortunate events, JESUS H. CHRIST ON A POGO STICK.

Right?

[philrancid.livejournal.com]

At least there was the one bit of good news.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

SILVER LININGS, YO.

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

I use a humidifier in my bedroom at night and it has improved my dry mouth, sore throat, coughing, and bloody nose symptoms this year.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yep, we have one of those, too, that we hooked up after the first nosebleed. So far, no more nosebleeds!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

HOORAY! A second bright light!

Here, have a freakish squirrel-waterskiing gif:

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

That gif...is actually helping.

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

that is a whole bunch of suck. sorry chica.

Hopping on McKitterick's happy gif bandwagon, that gives me a chance to use this one!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Aw!

baby elephant love

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Re: baby elephant love

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

this makes me so happy!

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

Oh jeez, buddy, that is really really full of suck.

But, uh, hooray for overnight delivery and Medusas! :D ?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Fuck Yeah Medusa (http://www.letmewow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/medusa-.jpg).

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

Whyyyyyy can't my hair be that way.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

In the summer, when I don't have to blow-dry it, mine kinda is. Especially after the second week of not washing. It's awesome.

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

I can barely go TWO DAYS without washing mine, I am so jealous.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I only wash mine when I color the roots, every three weeks. It took me a long time to get to this point (you gotta do some serious training/convincing of your hair/scalp to stop producing oil), but unless you have super fine hair, most people can train theirs to go at least three to five days.

Here's how I did it: For one month, wash hair every other day. For two months, wash hair every two days. For three months, wash hair every three days...etc. I went for a year washing my hair once a week, and then for probably...three? years I washed it about every week and a half. This summer I lengthened it to two full weeks and it looked so good at the end of two weeks that I decided to just go for three and only wash it before and after I color (same day).

I give my scalp a good scrub under hot water most days, though. Every day in the summer, less often in the winter.

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

Do you still use commercial shampoo? I went with the baking soda vinegar method for a bit in undergrad, but it only worked in certain places; other places the water quality was too hard and I looked awful and greasy 100% of the time.

I have really thick, short hair that I stick up RayK style. I suspect the gravity-defying hair product will make it difficult for me to cut back on washing.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I use this stuff called Giovanni 50:50 (the shampoo and the conditioner) that's commercially made but doesn't have SLS or -cones. In the summer I use curl lotion but I only put it on the length, not my scalp, and I rinse it out every morning (which is why my hair winds up looking so snakey).

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

2 good things, overnighted thing and your hair is fantastic!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Thank humanity for decent customer service for a change!

The elephant exchange above was delightful!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, I'm holding out my positive vibes for when the product actually arrives.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Good point.