Eat lots of peas.

I have had an awful cough the last week. It's a cold mutant that won't leave me alone. After 5 consecutive days with no sleep, I decided to do some serious battle last night.

I googled some herbal rememdies and went to target to buy supplies after work. I bought this adorable penguin humidifier. He blows out a nice cool mist, that I found quite soothing, and he's just fun to look at.

I drank a tea made of honey, lemon and sugar, which helped and made me nice and sleepy. Then i put a cold wet washcloth on my throat and covered it with a dry towel. This is said to create steam inside your body and clear your airways. It felt really good, but didn't completely stop my coughing. But the most effect and strange remedy I found last night... Vicks Vapor Rub on your feet. Yup, you lather the bottoms of your feet with Vicks, then put cotton socks on while you are laying down in bed. It was crazy how well this worked. I did wake up a few times last night with coughing spells, but I just put more Vicks on my feet and was able to stop coughing right away and fall right back to sleep. Crazy.

I have found that these natural remedies always work better for me and you don't have any stupid side effects. I tried chugging Nyquil for 2 nights and didn't get anywhere. I put Vicks on my feet and a towel on my neck and I get 8 hours of nearly uninterrupted sleep. I'm not saying I don't believe in modern medicine at all... I probably wouldn't trust herbal birth control pills.... but I do think we over medicate in our society.

Anywho, I'm off to make some peppermint tea and rub the tea bag on my chest after it steeps.

Randomness (I'm copying Colle, cause she's cool)

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1. I am going on a vacation all by myself this weekend. A road trip to Bryce Canyon. I've never been and I've always wanted to go, so I'm going. I'm excited.

2. My cold that went away is now back. I'm mad at it.

3. The bathroom stall at work has a sign that reads "Please flush the toilet and clean up after yourself". Isn't that a given? Dirty co-workers.

4. I have a major thing for men with beards.

5. I love my dog. He's super.

6. I don't like my haircut.

7. I just figured out how to blog from flickr. Neato.

8. I like my life lots lately. I'm just super content. It feels wonderful.

9. I wish I was better at fashion. I kinda suck at it. Probably because I only shop the clearance racks.

10. I bought a new quilt from overstock.com. I saw it while I was working and I just had to have it. I don't need it.

11. I also recently bought a bike. I didn't drive my car once last weekend, and I went all kinds of places and ran errands and bought grocerys. It was neat. I like it.

That's all for now.