Miscellany

[judecorp]

Punk has been congested the last couple of nights. No runny nose, no sneezing, just congestion. Which makes for crappy sleep for her. Which makes for crappy sleep for me. And she didn't want to eat breakfast this morning and then didn't eat lunch at day care and I was super worried because umm, she ALWAYS eats. And she started out refusing dinner but then ate about a million dino nuggets so I guess we're good.

Now I have a cold, and I'm getting about 3 hours of sleep a night, which does not bode well for the cold. Oh well. Happy birthday to me tomorrow, hopefully I won't feel like a train hit me like I did today.

I left work early because I felt like crap and because staff meeting was doing chart reviews and all of my charts are done. I laid down for a while and that actually helped a bit. Yay.

There was a miscommunication at work today and I got not one but TWO fancy bakery birthday cakes. It was very sweet (pun intended) and I took the one that didn't get touched home. It's a huge chocolate cake from La Fiorentina (fancy bakery of deliciousness) and I will probably gain 50 pounds. NOM.

I never get a flu shot but I am debating it this year because I get so little sleep that I'm worried I'm going to pick up every little thing. Thoughts?

Comments

[yip95.livejournal.com]

i don't see the point of the flu shot, in general. i understand it for those for whom it would be really dangerous, sure. but i've never actually gotten The Flu (at least not since I was a kid, maybe), and since the shot only covers the most common 'flus de jour...i just don't see the point.

that said, last year we got it because our doc convinced us that it would be useful for Zach, but he can't get it because of his egg allergy, so *we* should get it so we don't bring the flu home to him. we got it and, damn, did my arm hurt for OVER a week. Unfortunately, a lot of my fieldwork placements are going to require the flu shot, which sucks, so i'm going to have to deal with an owie arm this year or next, or both.

oh, and mmmmmm....caaaake....

[colleenod.livejournal.com]

What about the other type of flu vax? Isn't there one that goes through the nose or something that adults can get instead?

[yip95.livejournal.com]

i've never heard of that, but I'm never spraying anything up my nose. the OTC medicines that are in nasal spray form have the not-so-uncommon side effect of completely destroying your smell receptors in the nose (or something like that, wherein people end up with practically no sense of smell). So I'm reticent of nasal spray meds.