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I repeat, I’ve already lost mine.
First off, I’m sick because the damned weather can’t make up its mind. The South hasn’t had a singular instance of two consecutive weeks of properly winter weather. We stayed into the 60s through Dec (WTF?) and then in January got a day or two of 40-degree weather and then suddenly another day of near 70 and so on and so forth – 45 today, 66 tomorrow; rainy today, dry tomorrow. Winter is f***ing bipolar this season.
My sinuses are sensitive on a good day. You know how people have weather bones which ache right before it rains? My face does this. The slightest change in barometric pressure, and I’m thinking crap, sinus headache, gonna rain soon, here we go. Lately, the headache’s been very precise, as in it’s made me uncomfortable up until the exact moment it rained. Then the headache magically goes on its merry way, and I can breathe a sigh of relief.
Now factor in being sick when this happens.
BECAUSE WINTER THINKS IT’S FALL NOW (and which god is responsible for that?) and one day of cold and rainy with me being stupid enough to leave my place of work for an hour’s lunch and BAM! Sore throat and congested sinuses galore. So what happens when it’s gonna rain and my sinus cavities are already pressurized? Apparently my rain-prediction spidey sense decides to screw subtlety.
It feels like someone is beating my face with a hammer.
And when they aren’t doing that, they are trying to pull out the teeth on the left side of my face. (Pain meds do not help; decongestion meds do not help.)
Then the rain shower started and this awful feeling did not stop.
I can fall asleep for twenty minutes at a time, and that’s only because I’m bone-tired from a stupidly long day at work and having a cold. But then I wake up again because my sinuses literally make this series of pressure popping sounds as the rain reduces to a quiet pitter-patter. The pressure lets up (I don’t feel like my teeth are being tugged out of my head) for the few seconds the raining is mild and then the GOD DAMN RAIN COMES BACK WITH A VENEGANCE and I return to being miserable and wide awake.
I shall summarize by saying: My sinus cavities should not play to the tune of Mother Nature – SHE IS FICKLE AND CRUEL.
Rain is forecasted for all of tomorrow – I mean, today – and now you know why my sanity is no longer intact.
end rant
I need to be Vulcan nerve-pinched, pronto. Can anybody spare me a Spock?
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Early morning edit: I managed a whopping three hours of sleep at around 6 am. Rain has ceased for the time being, and for some reason my sinuses are now pretending to be innocent of the crime of keeping me awake all night. I can only imagine they are biding their time until the evening.
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:(. I have the same sensitivity to the weather and people look tame and roll their eyes when I say that, so to find someone else who has the same issues is a bit encouraging. The Midwest can’t make up its mind either; it has gone from 50 and raining to ice to snow back to ran again the entire freakin’ winter. That being said, I do now how you feel and I’m so sorry you’re so miserable. *hugs*
I would write you something if I wasn’t on my way out the door for a wedding. :(. Take some NyQuil and sleep all day if you can. I hope you feel at least marginally better soon!
It can be decidedly horrible to have something such as your health at the mercy of factors you cannot control. Like my lungs, for instance once I get sick or it rains (or god forbid both, like now) – they inflame and I spend the next few days feeling a person with asthma, which has a terrible history in my family (hence it’s no surprise I show those kind of symptoms). ANYHOW, I could not rest unfortunately, and it rained all day. Normally I like rain and thunderstorms… just not under these conditions. I foresee another sleepless night. :( I hope the wedding was lovely. Though I may have pouted a little at not coaxing more fic out of you, I did re-read my old favorite, the one you wrote me for a while back. And then watched Assignment: Earth, in which Kirk and crew did much of nothing while Gary Seven ran the show. I have much love for Seven.
I share your weather woes. So sorry you’re feeling ill. Hope you get better soon. :-( *hugs* And I think a McCoy might be handy in this situation. ;-)
Thank you for the well-wishing. A McCoy with a fix-it-all hypospray would work, too. Though I am doubtful as to what Kirk could do besides sitting charmingly at my bedside and reading to me. Wait… do you think he has a copy of The Little Prince in French?
Aww, man. I’m sorry to hear you’re feeling down. As a Southern-based person I feel your pain. This is freaking insane. I’ve spent more time this winter sliiightly under the weather where it makes every last grey day a horrible thing. I think you’re well within your rights to bitch and rant. That said, I hope you feel better soon!
Thank you. I am trying to manage. Can’t sleep yet. You know this weather frightens me. I keep wondering if we are moving towards extended summer weather. I would rather be cold than hot because it is easier to make yourself warmer than cooler.
I hope not. I like summer. Those hot muggy days of bright bright sunshine are great. One of the reasons I adore living in the South. But I also (usually) expect a decent cold winter. That and I’m afraid of more flooding. I was at a con in Nashville TN when everything started flooding back in 2009. Scary indeed. My best therapy idea? Hot tea and light therapy. During the day keep it as bright as you are able. When you’re getting ready for bed, turn the lights low. And to combat the sinuses have you tried Vicks vapor rub? Maybe that’ll kick some of the pressure.