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July 15, 2008
Still sick
My neural matter has been transformed to a mass of snot. I think it was originally a large snot cube. Shoved into the tight curves of my skull, it's now under a great deal of pressure. The snot is trying to escape, and as it goes my snotty brain cells vanish forever.
This is a bad situation to be in when you have a lot of brain work to do. I'm trying to learn about banking, because writing about financial institutions became part of my job this week. Banks are complicated. Try learning about complicated, highly technical, highly regulated, numbers-laden subjects with a pressurized brain of snot that's oozing out your nose while you type. It's hard.
Tomorrow may be even harder. It was in the 90s when I drove home today in a car that has no air conditioning. There was some kind of a traffic jam. I burned away an eighth of a tank of gasoline in eight miles. My left arm baked brown in the sun. The heat melted what was left of my snotty brain. Most of it leaked away before I got home. And tomorrow I have to turn in another complicated, numbers-laden story.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at July 15, 2008 07:37 PM
Comments
Your mama swears by her Netti pot.
Feel better soon!
Love you, Mom
Posted by: Mom at July 15, 2008 08:27 PM
Netti pots scare me. I think I'll try Sudafed instead. I haven't had any for the past few days because I was afraid it might interact with another prescription, but now I have official medical approval.
Posted by: Courtney at July 16, 2008 06:16 AM
My mom likes those things too. Every time I tell her I'm congested she tries to hook me on it. But the one time I tried it I felt like I was drowning. I vote no on pots. Do you have real sudafed from washington or is it the stuff they sell otc here? The real is better-and I still vote for the showercare thing.
Posted by: Rian at July 16, 2008 08:23 AM
Rian - I did the shower stuff and I LOVE it. Thanks for the recommendation. I do buy my Sudafed in Washington, because it's the only stuff that works. I should probably stock up on it now, while it's still legal here.
Posted by: Courtney at July 16, 2008 10:32 AM