Where are my ears?

I miss my ears. They havent physically left my body. I just cant hear anything out of them. Its this frelled up weather. Im not sure what sucks more, this weather or this city. Ok, that was a stupid question. Its the city. At least the cold weather goes away to something alot nicer. The city just still sucks.

I have a cold....again. I honestly wouldnt mind it though. Its the body's way of releasing internal toxins. Gawd knows that there are alot of toxins here. What I hate the most is not being able to breathe or hear. I could care less about the cough part or the sore throat. Yeah I can keep my mouth shut for a few hours at a time. It is possible. But I hate it when I cant breathe. During the day isnt nearly as bad as at night.

The worst thing is to lay down and then have to sit back up again because there is a mucus bomb plugging every available space in your head. I mean seriously, why were sinuses created? Is this some sort of a cruel joke? Why cant we just have a cold and let it all run out of our faces for a few minutes and get it over with. And when you finally are able to lay down, you have to turn to one side so that the other side can breathe. Then you have to turn to the other side and repeat the process. Its almost like a river in there that flows and makes waves. Only in this process, you can lose an eyeball if you turn too fast. And one thing you dont want to do is hang your head upside down. This can cause extreme pain to the top of your head.

So today I woke up with this cold. The phone was ringing and I honestly thought it was ringing in my head. My nose was so plugged and I had no ears. I swear they went on a vacation. My friend Kim called me to ask if we were still on for class tonight. And she also told me that she ran into the lady that owns the bead shop and said we could come an hour early to get a head start. Ok. Im game. Now let me go back to sleep. About a couple of hours later, the phone rang again. She wanted to know if I had her cell phone number. Yep. Now let me go back to sleep.

I just dozed off again and here comes that insane ringing again. This time it was my father. He wanted me to come to his house to clean today because hes leaving in the morning to spend a week at his brothers house. Damnit. My head is killing me. But I looked at the clock and it was already noon. There was no way I was going to be able to go to the store for supplies, clean his house, do his labels and pick Kim up at 2:30. I work well under pressure, but when its sinus pressure, Im pretty much useless.

So I dragged my sorry but to the shower and got ready. I went to Walmarts first and grabbed some beads Ive been wanting to work with and headed to the cold med aisle. Not fully alert, I felt a shove on my shoulder. I look up and the biggest man I have ever seen was standing there in front of me. Don!!! Nothing like a bear hug from Don. I havent seen him in about 8 years. So we chatted up a bit and he told me all about his new venture with personal training. He wanted to know if it was something for me to get involved with. Well he really didnt ask but told me to call him and he would hook me up. Of course I said yes. I really need that motivation and hes the one to do it. So I will soon be starting on my weight training. Whoohoo!!! Seriously, I really am looking forward to doing this. I joined a little contest with the school district called Battle of the Buldge. Im betting our team can win this.

But the sad part is that everything he said to me was like I was in a warehouse because my ears were so plugged. But I gathered all my cold supplies and we went on our ways. I looked at the clock and thought, there is no way Im doing all this on time. So I rushed to my fathers house and started my task. I took two huge ibuprofens and got to work. I got all the floors mopped and the bathroom cleaned. I started the bedding and he needed to wash some things so I told him to do that and I would be back after my class. I started him on the labels and showed him how to finish them.

Im just in time to get Kim and go to class. We get there promptly at 3pm. Whew. Great timing. But I still cant hear anything. So all my instructions are sort of cryptic. Im a little slow to get it all going but it came out beautiful. Im quite prud of myself. Now lets see if I can remember it all when my head clears. I was tempted to make another one tonight but decided not to.

I went back to my fathers house and got everything finished up. But there was one thing that I forgot to do today. I forgot to eat something. Yeah, can you imagine that? By now, I have the shakes and all that good stuff that comes with being hypoglycemic. Its not a fun thing. So I went home and made something to eat. Im tired, drained and I cant hold my head up straight. But guess what? I cant go to sleep. I tried to lay down but that damn sinus thing keeps flowing through my head.

The weather here has really sucked. On Thursday, we all were watching the weather to see what was going to happen for Friday. We were expecting alot of shit and wondering if there would be school or not. So Friday morning, I wake up and immediately wonder why there was no phone call to let me know of a delay or closing. I logged on line and sure enough, we are open and on time. All the other schools in the area are closed. No delay. Closed. This is not a good sign. Did the superintendant not look out his window? Did he not look at the closed list? Whats up with that?

So I trudged to get myself and Cami ready to go and Im thinking that I need to leave early so that I can make it there on time with the bad stuff going on. But the roads are dry. Ok, this is messing with me. But I know its coming. At about 9am, the rains hit. At about 10am, the snow hits. Its coming down hard and heavy with huge flakes. Then I look out the window and its sleet and freezing rain. Crap. This is going to be really fun.

Ive been covering for one of the teachers I work with and I dont get a break until lunch. But even then I have to eat with the kids because thats the only time I will be able too. While my kids are in line, I took off outside with with one of my friends. We decided to go across the street to sit in her car. Its not raining hard but its a freezing rain. The road looks like a skating rink and we watched a cop car sliding past us. This cant be good. We slip and slide across the street and I nearly went on my ass about 4 times. This sucks.

The drive home was pretty fun but uneventful. About 530 we went to Tracies to play her wii. I swear that the devil created this game. By the end of the evening, my arms were ready to fall off. How crazy is this thing? I had to paddle my arms and swing them in circles and jump up and down. All while pushing specific buttons and watching letters on the screen and all that crap. I thought I was going to die. It was like an aerobic workout. Overall it was fun though. Had a few laughs because I was really sucking at this thing.

I think its time for me to pass out now. Ive had my Nyquil and Im starting to ramble. My fingers went numb about an hour ago. But I will sleep late tomorrow. Its the Superbowl and I want to be well rested for this. Im not going to any parties though. I dont think my head could handle it.