today my body has entered the coughing phase of the common cold.

Oh, man. I'm SO tired of coughing. My ribs hurt, and my throat hurts, and my chest hurts, just from the physical act of coughing so much. But I called Awesome Doctor this morning, and he called in a prescription cough suppressant for me, since the OTC one that he recommended last week obviously isn't helping.

My nose does not want to un-stuff, but the "12-hour" Zicam spray (NOT the zinc stuff that reportedly fried people's sense of smell; this one is an actual drug) worked for...5 hours. Which is better than yesterday.

And I am speeding my brains out on cold meds and exhausted because I can't sleep (due to the cold meds and also not being able to breathe). And Christmas is in...a week? Woo.

I am going to get a shower and go pick up the good cough suppressant, and swing by Sears to pick up a Christmas present I ordered online. I love being able to order online and pick it up at the store. AND I don't have to go in to the store; there's a place you just pull up, and someone comes out and takes your information, and then brings you the thing. That's awesome. WAY better than coughing.

Seska and erin_o, feel better soon.

sj, I'm glad you had the chance of margaritas with your mom.

Congrats, Aims!

Daniel did buy the truck we went out early this morning to check out. It felt solid to me. I'm envious, though. It's got a remote start key fob.

It's got a remote start key fob.

Oooooooh. That's like magic! ::envy::

Teppy, I hope you feel better soon, too.

This is our savior from the Mumbai/Jaipur train, Rakesh. [link]

oooh, prescripton cough syrup w/ codeine is, like, the BEST THING EVAH. Imagine sleeping! Without coughing! And when you wake up in the middle of the night coughing, all you have to do is swallow another dose and then back to magic land.

Hrm, wonder if i still have some of that around from the miserable ick 2 yrs ago.....

Yay, Aims!!

And boo hiss on all the sickliness visiting upon the Bitches. Back off, foul demons!

Including my own-- my sinuses hurt like a mother and I'm fighting off the beginnings of a migraine. But I got errands done this morning including mailing off a long-overdue package and finally buying wreaths for our front door because I couldn't find our fake ones.

At least the real ones are discounted now since we're only a week away from Christmas.

Awww. But one just emailed me to tell me how much she enjoyed my class, and that I'm the best teacher she's ever had.

You should print this out and save it. Not just to look at if you're feeling shitty about the job that you're doing, but when tenure apps and job opportunites come along, it's nice to have some hard evidence of your teaching skills.

is there any way to convince a 14 yo girl to stay away from a senior boy who has a reputation several miles long known by every school teacher and administrator and most parents of upper class girls?

um, do all of the stuff that they're doing? The lure of the forbidden is strong. This is a tough situation. unfortunately, the only thing to do is to allow her to get hurt and be there for her when it happens. And pray to whatever diety that there are no long term implications.

[link] has anyone here ever tried vaporub on their feet to stop nighttime coughing?

That's one I hear floating around parenting boards all the time, but as far as I know it's an urban myth.