Today’s post is going to be short and sweet, friends.
I have caught what appears to be viril rhinitis…known to the average layperson as the “common cold.” Doesn’t the addition of italics make something appear so much more important? I’ve been attempting to relay this very thing to Jer all day but he isn’t hearing it.
“You’ve got a cold, Mindy. You’ll be fine.”
“But, Jer. It’s viril rhinitis.”
“Yeah. A cold. The common cold.” Shoot. He figured out the italics thing.
Anyway.
I’ve been sitting here all day long sneezing, coughing, wheezing and whining. My family has all decided, wisely, to steer clear of me. Even the little one has learned to take a very wide path around my perch on the couch. He quickly ascertained that getting too close to me requires him to listen to my pathetic whimpering and complaining about the torturous symptoms of a runny nose and itchy throat. And he’s three. You see how bad it is? I’m complaining about my draining sinuses, puss-filled lungs and scratchy throat to a three year-old whose current threshold of comprehension peaks at words like “poop” and “pee’.
In other words…I’m miserable.
So, I am going to drink plenty of fluids (does rum count as a “fluid”?) and get plenty of rest. And you already know how I feel about naps. For the sake of a speedy and healthy recovery, I will take a short break from posting my daily recap of the stimulating details of my life and come back tomorrow with a renewed vitality and vigor.
Happy Monday,
Mindy
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Oh, being sick is no fun. I just go over a cold myself, so I know. I hope I didn’t give it to you!! Colds are transmittable via the internet are they?
The one thing I love about being sick is that when you get better, “normal” has now become awesome!! Hope you’re feeling normal (awesome) soon.
I hope you feel better soon!
I really do hope it’s not like mine. I’m going on a week of it. It just keeps morphing into something else pain inducing. Head, chest, nose. I’ve even had muscle cramps. Apparently it’s not the common cold but DISGUISES itself as one. Yeah, it’s a mean mofo.
Hope you feel better!!!
Hope you feel better soon!!
Hope you feel better soon Mindy!! And yes rum is a liquid, I heard Hot Totties are great for a sore throat! Try it you mey like it. ~Valerie
Poor Mindy! Get well soon! And I sincerely hope that your house isn’t like my house where by the time I get better, everyone has let the housework go and I seem to be two days behind for every day I was sick. Grrr…
♥Spot
Get better soon!
And this is when it would have been good to have a daycare to take the kids to! Hope you’re better soon.
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I know exactly how you feel….feel better soon,,, 
Hmmm…hot NyQuil or Hot Toddy.
I’d go for the hot toddy, personally.
Feel better soon!
When I worked as a nurse, I met my immature laugh quota every time I would see someone document the word “pussy” in a medical record.
So congrats on getting it right with your “puss-filled lungs” remark, despite the actual unpleasantness of said condition.
I feel your pain…we’re also battling the viral rhinitis over here. Get well now!
Bummer! Feel better soon!
Feel better soon, hun! I hate being sick. I do it all too often. And yes, I complain, and bitch and whine and moan … but never as bad as a man does! LOL
There was something I read not to long ago, had me laughing:
“I’m dying of of Man Flu! Oh wait, I’m a woman … nevermind, it’s just a cold.”
Oh, I am sorry you are sick. Plenty of rest, rum and whinning are all good!
Get better soon.