Misreference...

So I was listening to Wired 96.5, not because I like the R&B music (all 5 songs they play over and over (and over) again) but because I like Chio and his morning show.

This morning they had a caller say that she (and her Englishman BF) could never double date with G-N (and her Irish BF) because the English and Irish hate each other. The date would be like "World War IV", she says.

I'm sorry, did I miss WWIII, or is that reference played out?

I can smell the post season!

No longer do the stinkin' tomahawk waving Braves reign atop the NL East!

Just Breathe

There is little that we take for granted more in this world than the ability to breathe through our noses. I have somehow acquired a summer cold - congestion, tight chest, cough, fatigue - the whole shabang. I can tough it out througout the day - I have a lot of other things to distract me. But at night, it is the purple elephant in the room, the bain of my existance. Breathing through my mouth is out of the question - 2 hours into it, my throat is cracked and dry and the coughing fits start.

Which brings me to my over-the-counter heroine-like substance - Afrin Nasal Spray. I would kiss the feet of the inventor, if only I didn't despise him. You see, the nasal spray works SO well that it's almost addictive. Well no...it IS addictive. You use it more often cause it works so well, but after some time, you need to use more of it, and more frequently to get the same effect. So I struggle during these times with the idea of relief and the terror of addiction. Now, I'm not a hippy or a naturalist or anything, but I believe that the human body is very capable of healing itself in time, without the use of medication, and I try to avoid putting anything into my body that isn't nature made (unless it is some type of baby preventing pill).

So for the time being, the Afrin remains on my nightstand, and I (and the people around me) will have to deal with the stuffy-nose bitching.

Someone, PLEASE help me come to my senses. I CANNOT buy a $210 pair of dress shoes for a wedding that I will seriously only wear, at best, 4 times. That is an insane waste of money. Right???