Does a sinus infection make you feel like you've been punched in the nose? Mine has been achy for two days, as opposed to the surface soreness that goes witha cold or flu.

Sorry, I meant to answer this before. It can. It can also just make your face hurt, or make your face hurt when you're bending to make a bed, etc. I hope it clears up, Matt.

I should make up a macro to post advice to about how really effective saline nasal spray is for sinus infections. It helps flush out all that nasty mucus. It doesn't work dramatically at first, but after a day or so I really feel radically better. Unlike medicated nasal spray, you can squirt the neutral saline solution as many times as you like without a rebound effect.

Someone convince me not to run down to the shelter and adopt this dog: [link]

I want a black bitch, not a red male Rottie mix. But he's so cute! And I'm also not planning to get another dog until I get a new job and have settled down a bit into the new schedule, since I'm also thinking of moving...

But isn't he cute?

Consuela, he's beautiful.

I suppose that's not so helpful, huh?

Someone convince me not to run down to the shelter and adopt this dog:

Someone not me or Hec. That dog sounds like a keeper indeed. You need a new furry sweet boy in your life. And look at him! He'll go hiking with you! He'll curl up and watch "Meerkat Manor" with you! Plus, poor babe, he's been up on their website since 9/26 (Matilda's birthday -- surely it's a sign?), viewed 799 times, and yet nobody has taken him yet. That is wrong like a thing that is wrong.

So, uh, yeah. Don't you go adopting that dog, Suela.

t /so profoundly not helpful

He looks like a friendly dog.

I have to buy filters for my humidifier as well. Not so much congestion as it looks like someone took sandpaper to my eyeballs and my nose is parched.

Today is target (and maybe the dreaded walmart if target lacks filters,) grocery shopping and then cookie making. May even get my hair redyed in there somewhere.

JZ, you are no help at all!

Sigh.

Aw, that dog is so beautiful! And what a great decription.

You could go to The Daily Puppy [link] and remind yourself that there are a lot of cute dogs out there. There will probably be a cute dog who badly needs a home when you're more ready to give him one.

chicken soup:

Oh, no, you shouldn't have linked to that site, Suela! I'm going to spend the evening looking at puppies and wishing I was in a position to adopt. Particularly this dog: [link]

He's totally right up my alley. I want a Staffordshire Terrier so badly.