The nighttime (and daytime) sniffling sneezing coughing aching stuffy head fever

(so you can rest better medicine) ... or not.

I'm sick. I've been sick for about 5 days now. Maybe 6 if you want to get down to the hours. I thought I was getting better, but I keep relapsing. It didn't help that I was out in below freezing weather last night trying to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Christmas season. I apologize to my friends if I seemed less than interested and/or rushed through our time at Hill Country Christmas last night. I probably should of called in sick, in retrospect I know I should have. Thus the reason Jeff and I made our hasty departure and upon arrival back at our house, we both fell promptly asleep.

I also apologize to my coworkers who have to listen to my incessant coughing, hacking and until recently sneezing fits. I'm stingy with my PTO; there's no other excuse for it. I am aware that I probably should of called in sick for at least two of those days. But ... I can't bring myself to waste my hard earned time off hours on this crap. I already used 16 precious hours back in November when I got that God awful flu bug. That was horrible in it's own right. Let's not recap on that.

Anyway, I hope I'm feeling better by Christmas. We're traveling tomorrow, so that gives me the opportunity to snooze on the car ride (fyi, Jeff, you're driving - not it!). I just ready to get past the dread that I feel before going to bed of the possibility I may drown in my own snot. Oh yes, I did go there.

Merry Christmas and Safe Travels!