Buckley's is the devil.

I have decided that nothing on this planet can taste quite as atrocious as Buckley's cough syrup. Answer me this: How can something be lemony, sweet, salty and mentholatumy all at the same time? It is just not natural. There is a reason why it works, it makes you scared to ever cough again because you will have to drink that liquid bile again. Do you want to know the worst part about it? The damn stuff actually works.

I have decided that if an elephant and a seal ever came together to produce offspring, it would sound exactly like I do today. I bark and I blow, snurf and snark, hack and cough. This flu has been one of epic phlegm proportions. Sound disgusting? Well it is. I feel so sorry for my husband who has to wake up in the morning and look at me. I accidentally turned on the onboard video cam on my new lappy this afternoon and screamed when I saw myself. What a horror! Red eyes, red nose, pasty white skin...oh it was not a good sight. Oh well, I guess everyone has to take their turn right? Right?

On to some more not so goocky stuff, I have decided that I like to paint my toenails. Growing up I never had the patience to wait for nails to dry before I set off on an adventure. Consequently I wound up with painted nails emedded with carpet fuzz, dog hair or lawn clippings (almost as an attractive thought as my snotty nose isn't it?). However, this summer I have vowed as part of the goal to start taking care of myself to keep painting my toes. Why painting my toes you may ask? Well, because every time I look down at me feet during they day, which is fairly often, I am surpirsed and think to myself; "Hey, my toesnails look cute in pink". How can you not be happy for five seconds when you think that? Honestly, if you can derive the smallest mote of happiness from something as inconsequential as painting ones toenails, then why on earth would you not do it more often? I think next time I am at the SuperStore I will look for a funky brown color and time how long it takes before one of the men in my house tell me I have "poop-toes".

Life is fun.