Winning the Battle over Winter Colds

Nothing says "Welcome to St. Louis!" like an ice storm and an ensuing winter cold. Within the last week, I have been officially initiated to winter. Chantell, I am with you--why do we always get sick just in time for holiday break?

Because I Care...
I will share a revelation with you: don't take NyQuil during the daytime. Let's say that a hypothetical person who happens to like duct tape took a full dose of NyQuil at, say, 10 a.m. Let's play like this same completely hypothetical person went on to operate motor vehicles and attempt coherent coversations--hypothetically speaking, of course.

The issue is that said hypothetical person thought that whole DayQuil thing was just a racket to make you buy twice the medicine you needed and spend twice what you ought. Hypothetical person is starting to believe it might not be such a gimmick after all and that the NyQuil "may cause drowsiness" warning should be changed to "will result in 38 hour coma." Friends have seriously laughed at the hypothetical person for a very long time. Words like "idiot" and "moron" came up, but I choose to believe it was done only in a loving way.

TOP 7 BEST THINGS ABOUT BEING SICK:
7. Soup - Go all out and get the alphabet kind. See how many times you can spell your name. (Why don't they ever include enough vowels?)

6. Menthol cough drops

5. You can say "My throat hurts" and be completely entitled to any type of frozen dessert. The number of calories and fat grams decrease at an inverse proportion to the increase of your fever.

4. No matter how old you are, a trip to the doctor always means a toy at the pharmacy afterwards.

3. You can enhance your spelling skills by staring incoherently at the long words on your prescription bottles.

2. You can blame any typical, daily act of stupidity on "the fever."

1. One word: jello.

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