I have nothing to say but I didn’t want you all to think I was still splashing around in my vat of self-pity. Thanks to you, I am now toweling myself off and wondering why I ever got in there in the first place. Thank you so much for your comments and emails. God, you people are nice.
The reason I have nothing to say is that my head is completely filled with fluids. The child sneezed in my face one too many times (as if once is not too many). I am entertaining myself by taking my temperature and trying to figure out what foods don’t taste like cardboard. So far, the answer is none.
Henry is all better and likes to tell me about his all-betterness as he jumps up and down on my head.
So: my brain is drowning, and my nose fell off a few minutes ago from over-blowing. More later, if I survive the night.
i'm sorry about your nose. have you tried eating chili paste or wasabi yet?
Posted by: meretyping | January 03, 2006 at 03:46 PM
ew, wasabi. bleh. how about chocolate? now, if chocolate tastes like cardboard you are in serious trouble.
hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: Sarcomical | January 03, 2006 at 03:56 PM
look, just don't sneeze on me. i cannot abide getting sick again. if i do i am going to retire to my bed chamber and speak with no one until i am well again and yes, this means my children, stay out!
Posted by: honestyrain | January 03, 2006 at 04:04 PM
Sudafed! Sudafed! Sudafed! It is the only thing saving me from totally turning into a ball of phlegm right now.
I hope we all feel better soon. Someone burn some sage in here.
Posted by: Em | January 03, 2006 at 04:21 PM
It really, really is worth it to get the tissues with the lotion in them. Really.
Posted by: Debl | January 03, 2006 at 04:23 PM
I carry a lip balm when I have a cold and rub it on my nose after each time I blow. It totally prevents chapping. Good luck.
Posted by: JuliaR | January 03, 2006 at 04:42 PM
okay, i just had to check in and say i totally relate to the last post and to this one considering we just went through sickness and holiday chocolate mania during which my son demanded i look look look look and then why are you LOOKING AT ME? and all the while i catch glimpses of my tiny office and my little desk and my lonely computer next to my fledgling book, glimpses, fleeting, mocking. 5 hours of writing time! yes yes! how nice! come closer and so i can poke you in the eye! i'll take one solid hour every day, just give me one every day that is mine, really all mine. i NEED much more, but i'll start with that.
Posted by: kyra | January 03, 2006 at 04:56 PM
slap some aquaphor on the chapped nose. and maybe on the top of your head so when henry jumps on it he'll slip'n'slide right off you in a gooey, lubey mess.
Posted by: jolie | January 03, 2006 at 05:41 PM
Just do what Ernie did with Bert in Sesame Street -- stick the nose right back on, and move along. (Actually, Ernie's the one that took the nose OFF, to put on a sculpture of Bert, but my version is much more relevant -- don't you think?)
Posted by: Nancy | January 03, 2006 at 07:11 PM
Worst food when conjested: mexican
Sour cream, refried beans, gooey cheese? All taste no texture- yuck.
Posted by: clickmom | January 03, 2006 at 07:24 PM
Eh, noses are overrated anyway. You didn't really need it.
Posted by: Nothing But Bonfires | January 03, 2006 at 09:13 PM
Don't forget that we all get down now and then. We come here because we like you and care about you, not because we expect you to be more than human and never have a bad day. Or two. Just be yourself; good, bad, and/or ugly. We wouldn't settle for anything less.
About the nose: If it's stuffy at night, try Afrin. It works!
And Happy New Year!
Posted by: Andie D. | January 03, 2006 at 09:37 PM
Glad you stopped whining, LOL! That's the worst part about the preschool petri dish--they get it, they came home and fester, infect you as you care for them, and just about the time you finish incubating and succumb, they're all better and ready talk incessantly when your sinuses are throbbing audibly and you feel like one more "LOOKMOMMYMOMMYLOOKMOMMYWATCHTHIS" will cause your eyes to blow out of your head.
Posted by: MFA Mama | January 03, 2006 at 10:04 PM
Ugh, I hate the colds, and it's always slightly more annoying to have a child jumping up and down on your head in the process. Have you tried Airborne yet? I know you already have the cold but it works wonders for at least shortening the symptom time.
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Kristen | January 03, 2006 at 10:42 PM
thank God you people understand the LOOKMOMMYMOMMYMOMMYNOWLOOKLOOKLOOKGOAWAY!ISAIDGOAWAY. i thought it was just me with the bipolar child.
Posted by: kristin | January 03, 2006 at 11:45 PM
Apparently if you're sick, you're meant to eat a whole onion. I can't remember if I heard that somewhere or if I made it up. Either way, it can't hurt to try, you can't taste it anyway
Posted by: Jem | January 03, 2006 at 11:49 PM
Zicam. It worked wonders. I have not been able to fight off a cold since Tacy was born, but Zicam did it.
And I know that vicious circle of which you spoke in your previous post. I hoped that by leaving New York I would escape it; no dice. That circle exists everywhere, I'm convinced.
I'm glad you are feeling better - sometimes a good wallow is all it really takes.
Posted by: Julie | January 03, 2006 at 11:52 PM
I have been having a torrid little affair with theraflu this winter. So warm and mediciney... And since my son sneezed into my yawning mouth this morning i think it might be time to stock up again. Do feel better soon!
Posted by: LetterB | January 03, 2006 at 11:58 PM
My advice? A nose shunt. That is all.
Posted by: wordgirl | January 04, 2006 at 12:54 AM
Hot mustard clear the tubes in no time!
Posted by: CrazyForHer | January 04, 2006 at 08:43 AM
Thai food - it saves me on a most regular basis whence the naso-pharyngal flow starteth.
My absolutest favoritemost Thai restaurant of all time is TukTuk on Smith St in Brooklyn. Be warned, their hot&spicy level is truly hot&spicy. I recommend the Tom Yam or the Tom Ka Gai for coldness.
Posted by: Ziggy-san | January 04, 2006 at 09:14 AM
TheraFlu is amazing. I'm convinced it possesses some kind of artificial intelligence that makes you feel better than it really should.
I think we have the same illness. Soup with hot sauce is keeping me going.
Posted by: Arabella | January 04, 2006 at 10:03 AM
Good gravy - I'd be whining too if MY nose fell off!
Here's to a better 2006 for you. Never fear, I am sure your loyal Finslippy Following will keep tuning in.
Posted by: cagey | January 04, 2006 at 10:50 AM
Pho! Pho is the only food (soup) which will make your headsnots feel less concrete and one of the flavours in the pho might just break through to the tastebuds - lime, royal basil, ginger or the hot cock sauce that you really should add with the lime and the basil. Nothing thick or pastey or too chewey, just brothy goodness.
Posted by: LoLo | January 04, 2006 at 10:58 AM
we play the 'stick your tongue out' game and yesterday when we were playing it, she looked like she was squinchy her eyes up but really she was gathering steam for a snot missile and she shot saliva and snot directly into my mouth and eyes.
the grossness alone almost killed me.
glad your swimming went well and is over. back to work!
Posted by: nita | January 04, 2006 at 11:09 AM
Wow Nita, that is really gross !!!
As for cold relief, I am a firm believer in Vicks. Put some on your nose-holes... instant relief... also a little brandy never hurt anyone. Hope you feel better.
Posted by: Karen | January 04, 2006 at 12:36 PM
Nice little souvenir Henry gave you when you took a trip to SickHenryLand! You should have thanked him kindly and declined to accept it. Sorry you are feeling crappy and snotty (not that you are snotty, just congested) and I hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: Shelli | January 04, 2006 at 02:27 PM
Sick over here, too, so I feel for ya babe.
The two boys that are home are not sick. This is good. Except that they have WAY too much energy for me.
Must go get kleenex.
Posted by: Tree | January 04, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Get well soon!! (I'd say sneeze back at him, but you know, the circle just goes 'round and 'round then!)
Posted by: Amy | January 04, 2006 at 04:41 PM
Yet again, you all amaze me. I have the hardest time dealing with myself when I am sick, I can't imagine having a child wanting me to lavish attention on it (him? her? I am childless. What is the proper pronoun?) at the same time.
To amuse myself during the trying times of illness, I like to torture my roommate. "Keem. I think I am dying." Try saying that about 50 times to your husband! The fun never ceases! Especially when he loses it and yells "You're not dying! But you could be!" And possibly "Why do you keep calling me Keem?"
Hope you get better soon!
Posted by: DM | January 04, 2006 at 08:42 PM
Feel better!!!!!
Posted by: Karen Rani | January 04, 2006 at 11:40 PM
my mom lost her sense of smell nearly 21 years ago, because she had a stroke when i was born. thankfully that's all she lost! the loss of her sanity came much later, possibly due to my supernatural ability to break my arm every other year until i was seven. ^_^ but yeah - just be happy you'll be able to smell again eventually. she'll never smell again *aaaaw* LOL
Posted by: moony | January 08, 2006 at 05:02 PM