whining... (and a rec)

[ratcreature]

I woke up at an absolutely ungodly hour this Saturday morning (yes, even earlier than now *grumble*), because my frelling nose is completely stuffed, and I have a cough that doesn't do much to dislodge the annoying viscous phlegm (I know that nobody is interested in reading about other people's phlegm, but that comes with the LJ territory now, doesn't it?), but just makes my throat feel even scratchier. Worse, both these things have prevented me from falling asleep again now for well over an hour. And neither the nasal salt water spray nor the soothing tea made much difference. It's not that I'm feeling particularly ill, there's no fever (at least not yet), nor any aches, however that I'm feeling icky rather than miserable doesn't make the lack of sleep any better. Anyway, I see some chamomile inhalations and the like in my near future to help me get rid of the gunk that's attempting to take over my respiratory system.

On the bright side (and so that at least the readers of this LJ may get something out of this entry that's not gross and/or boring) I read a cool short Firefly/various crossover fic just now, Eight Crazy Pilots Serenity Didn't Keep, by tassosss.

Comments

[meret.livejournal.com]

Try some zicam nasal swabs, echinacea, vitamin C and mucinex. It works! I hope you feel better soon! *hugs*

[ratcreature]

Thanks. At least virtual hugs are not infectious. :)

I already started taking some extra vitamin C when the cough first started yesterday in addition to drinking rose hip tea, and after plenty of hot steam from my shower this morning even my nose felt it's regular size again, if still slightly clogged, instead of like a huge, disgusting bag of phlegm or something. It's really not so bad objectively (and I hope it stays that way, but it doesn't feel like it's going to become a full cold with fever and such), mostly it's just annoying. I just don't tend to get colds all that often and thus am easily grumpy about them.