Night time, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, stuffy head, fever, so you can… Aw- screw it.

I deserve a medal. Here I sit in my pink robe, miserable from seasonal flu-like symptoms, yet I carry on self sufficiently fixing my own soup and remembering to take my medications on point. My nose is sore, I think from all the Kleenex encounters, my ear is starting to hurt, and I’m coughing up icky lumps of things at every turn. For some strange reason this bout with illness has caused zits to come to the surface of my skin. I think they are trying to abandon the raging infection that has obviously infiltrated my blood stream and is trying so diligently to bring me to my knees in a fevered clump of agony. But do I complain? No. I troop on because I’m brave and heroic.

“How does Liz do it?” you asked bewildered, in awe of my majestic perseverance. All I can tell you dear reader is that heroes are made in times of strife.

The reason I post is to warn you. NyQuil- at least the Kroger brand of NyQuil- tastes AWFUL. It has that licorice taste that no one in the world really likes. Why would they punish you like this in your hour of need? Why can’t NyQuil taste like watermelon candy? Brushing my teeth only intensifies the bad taste. I cannot escape it. And because my nose is sore, I can’t hold it closed while I take my shot of NyQuil.

As soon as I get better, I’m writing a letter to this demon off-brand NyQuil manufacturer and explaining how they are making a bad thing worse.

That is, assuming I survive. 

  • my grocery store sells knockoff nyquil in cherry flavor...wtf is wrong with your krogers??!?!

    hope you feel better in a hurry.  being sick is no fun.  and liz?  is all kinds of fun.  get strong, hero.

    and ya know what sometimes works better than nyquil?  hot water, maker’s mark bourbon, lemon and honey.  enough of them tends to knock my ass out!  and rest is so key to recouperation.

    By hellohahanarf on 2008 02 12

  • Thank you, Hello. I have been on rest for 2 days now and really do feel better. The cold has moved into my lungs, so I feel certain my plan to smoke the germs out will yeild positive results.

    By liz on 2008 02 13

  • I am taking Zicam even as we speak. You are my cautionary tale.

    By churlita on 2008 02 13

  • Count your self lucky you are not taking Buckley’s. It is a Canadian product that actually advertises that it is horrible but it works. I say hit the beer/sprits/wine and make that flu bug drunk as a skunk.

    By Paul on 2008 02 13

  • Poo!  I’m so sorry you’re feeling poorly, Liz!  Get better soon!

    By Gwen on 2008 02 13

  • I like the bourbon/water/honey remedy, but I think it would work just as well by drinking straight whiskey out of the bottle.

    By Killer on 2008 02 13

  • She can’t drink it straight out of the bottle.

    Someone else might have drank out of the bottle.  Then there would be germs.  Then she would get sick again.

    Maybe you can drink out of the little bottles made for drinking on airplanes?

    By laughingattheslut on 2008 02 13

  • laughing, she is already sick.  besides, any germs that touched the bottle in the past would have alcohol poisoning by now.  what liz must do, however, is not leave any germ ridden bourbon for anyone else.  she must consume it all.  for our sake.  (way to take one for the team, liz!)

    ya know, all this talk about bourbon is making me thirsty.  maker’s mark, here i come…

    By hellohahanarf on 2008 02 13

  • Just knowing that I’ve been recognized as a hero is enough to make me feel better. Thanks to you all as I move with God Speed toward recovery.

    By liz on 2008 02 13

  • Maybe you should put a condom over the bottle top.  You know....so you don’t get the germs.  Sure it won’t do much, but who can’t use the practice.

    By othurme on 2008 02 13

  • Liz I hope you feel better soon.

    By Topncal on 2008 02 14

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