H calls it the "black oil" because of the X-Files.

On Monday, I noticed I was getting a sore throat and thought I might be losing my voice. I used to lose my voice evert year or so, but hadn't lately--so I figured I was due. It got worse and worse and by Thursday I was coughing and hacking and they sent me home from work early. I had Friday off and assumed if I slept a lot, drank lots of water, and took extra vitamins (I take a multi, a B complex, and a C with antioxidants every day anyway) that I'd be fine. No dice. I was so congested I could barely lay down and by 9:15 this morning I had to call my boss to see if I could stay home. I really didn't want to call in on the Saturday before Xmas, but I just wasn't well enough to go in. To top it off, I can't take OTC decongestants because I'm on beta blockers for high blood pressure.

Jump ahead to now. I remembered seeing a commercial on TV for Corocidin, which is a decongestant specifically for people with high blood pressure. I got some pills that should cover every symptom I have (stuffy head, runny nose, chest congestion, body aches, and a slight fever). Then I got their NyQuil equivalent which I will try tonight as I'm in desperate need of some decent sleep. Ate a nice bowl of chicken rice with peppers and garlic to help my immune system along. We shall see. My ribs hurt from coughing so much. Frown.

Missing my work Xmas party tonight. Also missed the official send off for my frienemy who died a few weeks back. Tomorrow being H's birthday, I want to be well in time to go out for his birthday dinner. Plus I'm supposed to finish 2 more double batches of cookies by Monday so we can send them out to family. H made some great holiday cards for us to give out this year. Soon as I get a pdf, I'll post it so's you's can see it.

My head feels much, much lighter!

Wasn't going to post again so soon, but I'm delighted that two Coricidin have made me feel sooooo much better. I'm baking oatmeal cookies right now and I can actually smell them. So that is awesome. Going to bed early and then getting up early to grocery shop with H. Not sure I want to spend time at Mejiers 5 days before Christmas, but we need groceries so that's the breaks.

I was looking for a wednes, and then I found a wednes
and heaven knows I'm miserable now.

Which song was this lyric from?

Get your own lyrics:

And just for fun, to get you's ready for LOST's final season, here's a recap of every time Hurley says "Dude" during LOST's first four seasons. It's delightful:

When I got my last 3 phones, I typed in the code *#06# and it gave me the phone shut-off code so that if someone lifted my phone they wouldn't be able to use it. That code does not work on my current phone from Credo Mobile. Couple this with my phone not having a SIM card, and the phone insurance we order STILL not being added to our account, it's a recipe for worry. Anybody know if there's a different code?

And finally HD TV is the best thing ever. Every single thing I watch on it looks amazing. However, it appears that closed captioning is not available on the HD channels. Weird. And the DVR is fixing it so that TV will never make me stay up late to finish watching it again. Wheeeee!