Company Snif en Snotter has great irritations
It crawled a bit up my spine, but I tried to act like it wasn't so. If I had to pin my groceries with the AH delivery person, my gym teacher made me run a whole block in the freezing cold on Tuesday. Here I am. Flattened, knocked down, sniffing and sniffling. It could of course be related to a flu virus that's going around, but I attribute it to the delivery person and the teacher. Just because a virus hanging in the air isn't concrete enough for me right now. But sniffing and sniffling causes irritations...
Sneezing right after you've put on mascara
You have to start all over again. Because there's mascara everywhere and then your concealer comes off and if you need anything today, it's concealer. Now I'm genetically burdened with the family sneeze, which is one that everyone finds endearing or thinks you're coughing. Very annoying.
(Nose)spray it is
I find it very unnatural to spray something in my nose. Presumably, this has also kept me from the heavy work in the past. That moment just before you spray and you know it stings like hell. And it's actually gross, right? Even if you disinfect the nozzle before and after use. By the way, I just heard from Lil that you can just leave the saline solution in the rack, it does nothing against blockages.
Lying on your left side
And then your right nostril opens up. When you turn over, the left one pops open again. So your cold has everything to do with gravity, now you know that too.
The pharmacist
You have to go past there, because a hundred packets of anti-flu medicine and bags of throat lozenges and that hellish nasal spray. The lady or gentleman behind the counter knows why you're buying up their entire stock: you're going to work. That gives the pharmacist very raised eyebrows.
Sitting without a tissue
When you're in a situation where you really can't sniff secretly. There's only one way: a quick dash to the bathroom and fast.
Sandpaper-like situations
That you wake up in the morning and your mouth feels like grain 80 sandpaper. I've done too much renovation in my life, it's official. This is the coarse variant.
Snoring very loudly
If you sleep alone, you notice this by the type of grain you compare the inside of your mouth to. In case you're sleeping with a loved one, you'll know it after you've seen their face.
That no one sees how you're doing
I thought this morning: nice to put on some makeup, then I'll feel a bit more like a woman. It wasn't so, but no one sees how I'm doing. Also awkward. That's why there's nothing else to do but sniff all day.
Skipping grandma's advice
Because then you'll be wrapped in onions in no time and with garlic in your nasal cavities under the blankets. You just don't want that.
This is how you prevent that cold, by the way, also quite handy. In case you already are: this keeps that little cold a bit fun.
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