Although I was pretty much cough free yesterday (and cough medicine free) I had a cough fit that lasted a few minutes. It was no where near as bad as they have been, but it was back to not being able to stop coughing. So I took the cough syrup with codeine and hopefully that will let my throat and body rest some more.

I'm going to work tomorrow. For a full shift, unless I really start coughing badly and can't make it through.

Good luck, askye! Time to banish the cough for good.

Best of luck getting through your full shift tomorrow, askye.

I broke a blood vessel in my hand because somebody closed a door on it.

I want to do something for Will for Valentine's day but I probably won't get to see him with his work schedule and me (hopefully) going back to work.

I don't have a card for him and the only thing he said he wanted was a full size Crunch bar.

DC-area valentine's message:

Our love is like Metro delays - neverending

On the lighter side - someone (here?) pointed me to a site called Frock Flicks - about costuming in movies - the good, the bad, the ugly, the hysterically wrong. One feature is Man Candy Monday; one included a Buffista favorite - John Barrowman. Including a clip of him meeting the ice bucket challenge.

Next time I got out and the entrance ramp to the highway is closed, I'm taking it as a sign to turn around and go home. 20 minute drives should not take an hour and a half.

I went to work. I lasted until 11ish. I started coughing off and on before that and the coughing wasn't that bad, much shorter in duration but still I was coughing so hard I was retching.

My manager said if I needed to go home. I'm not coughing now, but I also haven't said anything in about 1 1/2 hours. So tomorrow I'm going to go back and he's going to try to find something I can do off the sales floor that requires minimal talking.

I did go to the store and get Afrin and I'm back on cough syrup. I have to remember to take the decongestants to work so I can keep up wtih them.

And Will's not feeling well, he said he was going to go home and get some rest and maybe come see me later but I told him to stay home and rest. Plus although the roads don't seem that bad (it's lightly snowing, there's no real ice) there are lots of car accidents.

Askye, I'm sorry that you haven't put this cough 100% behind you. But I am glad that you are starting to get better.

Pix, I'm sorry about the bursitis. Be gentle with yourself and heal well.