Breathe Again, Breathe Again...

Did I mention that I've been sick? That's a lot of the reason why I haven't blogged much lately. I've had a sinus infection and maybe a wee touch of bronchitis. As a result, I wasn't able to sleep much at night (and if you know me at all, you know I love to SLEEP). So I've been AWOL. It happens.

I took yesterday off work since my customers were off and I still felt fairly miserable. I decided to take advantage of my day off by visiting the Hippie-Tree-Hugger Health Store. I'll do just about anything to avoid taking antibiotics, so I decided to try some natural stuff with antiobiotic and immune-system-boosting qualities. I ended up getting some Echinacea drops.

Prepare to be freaked out--

I also got a Neti Pot. Creepy, huh? Yeah, it's a little ridiculous, but the dang thing works like a charm! What's weird is that when I google it, every picture of someone demonstrating it has a smile on their face. When I use it, I do not have a smile on my face. In fact, the first time I used it, I didn't have the salt all the way dissolved and it burned and brought tears to my eyes. There might have been some cursing going on, but definitely not smiling. I've used it a couple of times since then and I pretty much have it down now. It isn't unpleasant, but it doesn't really make me want to smile.

Here's a video for those of you who want to continue to be creeped out by it.

(This is the one exception to the "every demonstration features a smiling person" trend that I've found. This lady looks like a robot.)



All I know is that I had terrible sinus pressure and I couldn't breathe through my nose. Then I used this and now the sinus pressure is gone and I can mostly breathe through my nose again. Being creepy is a small price to pay.