You can't OD on cough syrup...can you?

And I don't mean the good kind...with codeine (That I can't take anyway--stupid allergies to all the good narcotics! This is why I don't do drugs....well, sort of.) that will give me sweet dreams. I mean generic CVS TussinDM that causes me to wake up at 2 am and pray that sleep will once again sweep over me once I slide down a Mucinex/Cough Syrup/Naproxin cocktail--. Yea baby..that's how mama rolls these days. And yes, bitches, coughing HURTS when you do it all your waking hours--and sleeping ones for that matter.

Two weeks. Two weeks of this shit. Bah! I'm officially a mouth breather (yuck) day and night. My lips are so chapped..I want to cry. I'm drinking my weight in liquids (see reference to "mouth breathing"), and hacking up things that came from only god knows where. Actually, I do know from where--which makes it even more scary. "THAT came out of MY LUNGS?!?!" Not to mention the river o slime that is currently pouring out of my head. My poor nose...I'm looking more and more like W.C. Fields everyday.

Tres sexy, no?

I was certainly hoping that the miracle of antibiotics would speed up my recovery. Instead, it would seem, it just sped up my decline into snottiness. Boo. To. This. The only day in the last few weeks that I have felt human? St. Patrick's Day--so thank you universe for that one. And I wasn't even out late cause everyone had to get up and go to work the next day.

Being a grown up sucks, you know it?

But, being sick has meant I have been holed up at home--so here are some things you should definitely check out:

Chelsea Handler's new book: Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang--Loved it! Fantastic! It almost makes me wish I could pop pills and chug booze like she does. However, yours truly would never appear half so adorable as Ms. Handler. More like a homeless person is my guess...methinks, however, money makes all the difference. Hmmmm.....

Julie Powell--Cleaving. I have loved Julie since I read Julie and Julia (She's a kind of crazy bitchy girl...who likes good food, decent (mostly) wine, has cats and loves to cook, she's kind of like me. But she's got a sweet husband who puts up with her.), but after this--I love her even more. I get it. Hopefully many of you out won't have first hand knowledge of the Bell Jar antics of our heroine--but give her a chance, please? And you will learn a lot about butchery. Yes. You read correctly. Butchery.

And since I think I will be too sick to enjoy my days off this week...I will probably be doing more reading. There are worse things, but I really wanted a mini road trip. Sigh.