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Still Kicking

And Mom too!

Happy Friday

Yippee it's week end.  I wish it were "weekend" but that is a few hours away yet.

Please see an interesting article about average work hours per family compared to average hours worked per week.  All in all, we are spending more and more time away from our homes and away from rest and rejuvenation and our loved ones. 

Let's revolt!

Driving Drunk?

I'm sure that there has been at least one time when I really shouldn't have been on the road, behind the steering wheel.  Thank goodness nothing bad happened.  However if I were a Mel G or a Paris H, or anyone who has been seen on-screen (no matter how small) having or appearing to have sex, then my public antics would be just that:  public.

The real issue that is impacting the health and safety of people on our streets and highways is cell phone use.  I'm a much more horrid driver when I'm on the cell phone than I am with a margarita digesting in my tummy.  The Insurance Information Institute has a pretty good summary of research in the area.  What I want to see is, You have a xx% increased chance of killing someone else while on the cell compared with not being on the cell phone.  No one is making that statement, III comes close with their findings.  Take a look!

By the way, Miss PH was booked but released on her own recognizance, in case you don't own a TV or a radio, or have AOL feeding you all the important headlines.  If you have a chance check out pictures of the great adventure.  I think she was on the phone from the time the cops released her and she may still be on it for all we know.  See, the cell phone might be the problem.  She doesn't appear to use BlueTooth.

The Recovery Continues

Only those with Munchausen tendencies would be slightly interested in reading about the ongoing recovery.  It's ongoing.  I'm worried about Pkin.  He has little sickly lungs, from birth I think.  He's been having trouble sleeping.  Let's keep our fingers crossed and give him some extra Vitamin C or something.

Bronchitis

I am never going to get rich blogging ... how sad.

Bronchitis is an infection of the mucus membranes lining the lungs.  Ten percent of cases are bacterial in origin, meaning antibiotics can treat, and the rest are viral.  The doctor just says, Oh, you have bronchitis and gives you stuff for the cough  (different day and night treatments), the mucus and the infection.  The doctor does not say that this is the worst you will ever feel with the exception of death nor that you will exceed your yearly quota of tylenol in less than 10 tens.

WebMD says that you should rest but probably need not be confined to bed.  I can tell you for certain -- all you want to do is nothing.  You can't really sleep as the horizontal position immediately induces coughing and you can't really sleep sitting up not well any way.

I'm at work coughing in my little space, less and less each day but still ... when will it end.  The first doctor said nothing about how much rest.  The second doctor was more concerned about the antibiotic reaction (and he was right!)  Note to self, really read all the Rx info. 

I've Been Exhausted

For the past 10 days I've been coughing up a lung, and I am a such a wimp.  It's only bronchitis and of the lung infections considered minor.  After a week of headaches, personal temps up and down, and record breaking temps outside, I am ready to die.  I hate the meds, and why am I the only person who takes narcotic cough syrup and coughs even louder?