DUDES!!! I'm sick! Not with Hong Kong flu but sick-from-substituting-dirty-first-graders-who-eat-their-snot-and-have-lice-and-scabies-kinda-sick.
Rich had the nerve to tell me this pose was TOTALLY unattractive and why do I have to have sooo much tissue hanging out of my nose? Ummmm.... more paper to soak up the snot=better coverage? What a stupid question to ask.
I find this a perfectly normal cold/sickness coping ritual. Don't you? Come on! You can't tell me you haven't ever done this?
I do have to concur with him (Rich). Two Puffs are a little over the top.
Who cares! Mama has her priorities straight! Have drink will travel! Surely alcohol cures everything!
Even if one errant nose Kleenex-plug drops into your cocktail during a mid-stream sip.
Don't think about it. Don't think about it...... Can't waste the alcohol.
Pretend you are transported back to one of the original Lollapolooza's: dancing in a mist tent without protection while traipsing about without your Birks. You made it to present day life alive even though way back when, you went to the port-o-potties without shoes, a bra or the use of hand sanitizer.
How did I survive?
I'm a firm believer it was the "Alcohol."
It's a disinfectant, right? It's kept me alive for 20+ years. In spite of myself. Maybe it'll even cure this cold.
Crossing my fingers!
Firm believer! Except I use whiskey =).
Posted by: Frugal Vegan Mom | 13 January 2012 at 10:12 AM
Lollapaloza- those were the days!
Posted by: Sizzle | 13 January 2012 at 10:15 AM
My nurse practitioner recommended that I use tampons up the nose for soaking up the snot. I never tried it. I prefer Puffs too.
Posted by: Corey | 13 January 2012 at 10:39 AM
So funny! My husband does this with tissues too!
Posted by: Bev | 13 January 2012 at 11:47 AM
Vodka is medicinal for ALL that ails you. Feel better, honey!
Posted by: Stacey | 13 January 2012 at 01:11 PM
Alcohol kills germs. That's what's in hand sanitizer, you know. :)
I don't know what Rich is talking about. That is totally attractive.
Posted by: a | 13 January 2012 at 02:59 PM
i always do that with tissues when i have a bad cold - but until now i was the only one i knew who did!
Posted by: heather | 13 January 2012 at 03:42 PM
I have totally done the tampon up the nostril thing. If you use the smallest OB tampons it totally works, and is easier to deal with than the puffs-up-the-nose. Note however, that I live alone and there is no one to take pictures of me.
Posted by: Meg | 13 January 2012 at 03:54 PM
Um, I do that EVERY TIME I'm sick, or have allergies, or am too lazy to continue blowing.
Hope you feel better soon. The alcohol should kill off any of the remaining germs.
Posted by: Gamanda | 13 January 2012 at 04:56 PM
Yep, the alcohol gets the germs every time! That's why I can play beer pong at Chuck's house without being totally grossed out...and maybe you should consider the tampon idea for plugging up the ol' nose. I know I'm going to try it next time especially since I have boxes o' tampons around the house and I don't need them anymore!
Posted by: Shelly D. | 13 January 2012 at 08:21 PM
I seriously just sneezed after reading this!?! LOL! You poor thing, do whatever makes you feel better! ;)
Posted by: LizziLou | 14 January 2012 at 12:21 PM
Pitiful. Those watery eyes made my eyes water in sympathy. Hope that "medicine" kicks in soon.
Posted by: DawnA | 16 January 2012 at 08:19 AM
Lollapalooza HAAHAAAAAAA. We're getting old, girl...
Posted by: whoorl | 16 January 2012 at 09:29 AM