Monday, December 27, 2004
Sduffy Ziduses Are Addoyeenk
Ugh. This has been coming on for days, if not weeks, but last night it blew up, full-fledged, much like poor Sadie is experiencing. But nobody attacks my nose with an aspirator to help clear things. Heh. A little while ago when she was yelling at me in baby tongue and pummeling me to try to avoid the aspirator I wield without quarter, I told her that what she wanted to say was “no, stop!” Not that I would, but she may as well start learning words other than “Pooh,” which we swear she sometimes says in the correct context. Probably wishful thinking and it’s just a variant on her “ahhh- booooo” word. Then again, she seems to recognize Pooh if she sees him other than on her mobile.
So I am on my third cup of coffee. Instant, since we haven’t yet replaced the coffeemaker, which in something closely resembling the model is apparently irreplacable. It was designed and made by GE especially for Wal-Mart, and isn’t anymore. Which makes me wonder about the new hand mixer I got Deb, also a GE made for Wal-Mart. Six speed! With a surge button, rounded blades, small dough hooks, whisk, and a storage case. Ooooh. The coffee is helping. A shower ought to help even more.
I snored worse than ever and kept coughing. Got up in the middle of the night (well, 3:30 or so, if that’s “middle” when you went to bed at 2:00 after watching Spiderman 2, which was as excellent as everyone said) with a cough that a nose blow and sip of water wouldn’t help. Horizontal seems to be bad, and I never did get propped on pillows as much as I’d have liked. Took a Sudafed at that point, for what it was worth. Ended up getting out of bed again at 7:30 for the same reason, and almost fell back to sleep in the recliner watching the news and seeing what accumulations and conditions were. Then Deb and Sadie got up when Sadie was having too much trouble breathing.
I guzzled a cup of coffee and it was like a breath of fresh air. Yay for coffee! So I had another. Two is my norm. That made me feel so much better, I have chanced a third. Plus drinking coffee delays the inevitable shoveling and cleaning off cars.
I hope this goes away fast. Just as likely I’ll have one of my sinus infections I used to have almost annually. Ugh.