I just might live after all

and my teeth don't hurt anymore either!

So, seriously, I have spent the last week fighting off the worst headcold I've had in years. It snuck up on me overnight between Thursday and Friday last week. My ambitious plans for my 3-day weekend were ruined. I had planned to leisurely clean the entire apartment, top to bottom, spic and span. Instead, the most I managed was washing dishes, a few loads of laundry, and making my own chicken stock (first time ever) and then making a big pot of soup. And let me just tell you, leaning over the sink washing dishes while your nose drips snot isn't half as fun as it sounds like it is!

After a restless night Friday night, by Saturday felt like I should be euthanized. Not only was I one continuous snot factory, but my left eye felt like it was going to explode, the entire left side of my face was throbbing, I had a horrid headache, my eyes were extremely sensitive to light (moreso than usual even), my left ear seemed to be blocked, and even my teeth hurt from the sinus pressure. In desperation, I went through one of the few remaining boxes which I never fully unpacked (yes, from a year ago now) that contains extraneous bathroom stuff, and scored Tylenol Allergy/Sinus and my lovely Tylenol with codeine OTC strength from Canada.

So for the rest of the weekend, I medicated every 4 hours religiously, and lay in bed, dozing, watching tv and movies, dozing, forcing myself to eat, and dozing. And for the last week, that's what I've been doing when I'm not forcing myself to at least pretend I'm working. (BTW, did you ever notice that when you're swallowing all kinds of snot that drips down the back of your throat, you're not really hungry? No? Maybe it's just me then.) I get up, force myself to come to work, go home, make myself eat something, and am generally asleep between 8:30 and 9 pm.

But today, I almost feel normal with no medication. None. No drippy, snotty nose. I can almost hear properly again. And my teeth don't hurt!

So, now it's time to do some serious London trip planning this weekend. Along with the apartment cleaning that didn't get done last weekend, so I can come home from my trip to a nice, clean house. Well, we'll see.

I'm just excited to be getting over this cold before I get on a plane. Because flying with sinus pressure is definitely one of the lower levels of hell and does not make for a happy Y.

I'm sure you're all happy to know I'll live, just don't get too excited. I could still be run over by that stupid Porsche Boxster guy any day.