Throat on Fire

Mood: lethargic
Listening to: Dave's Lounge #25
Eating: hardly anything - drinking lots of water and taking vitamin C

I mentioned earlier my throat was sore. Today it feels like it's on fire. I've started taking 1000 mg of Vitamin C every couple hours, drinking close to 1 liter of water every couple of hours. I'm not completely together as I type this, so my words don't seem to make complete sense.

I've been resting on the bed, listening to an episode of Dave's Lounge, on of my all-time favorite music podcasts. If you're into chillout, downtempo, or trip-hop music, then you need to be listening to Dave's Lounge, too. It's great for listening while doing homework, studying, or usually in my case, programming. Right now it's keeping me relaxed while I rest from this bug I have.

Bye for now. Gonna get some more water, maybe a little bit to eat, and lay back down.

Prayers, comments, audio comments, are all welcome!

Eyes, Teeth, and Throat

EYES

I have an appointment this morning at 9 am to get my new contact lenses. We've tried with a different type a few weeks ago, but they seemed to get dry too easily. The optician found a different brand with everything in my prescription except for the astigmatism correction. In other words, these lenses were spherical and tend to rotate in my eyes as I wear them (did you know that happens?), but I need lenses that don't do that. The lenses I need are thicker at one edge, which is at the bottom, to keep them from rotating, because of the astigmatism.

Over the past couple weeks, the newer lenses have felt more comfortable, but it's been an issue when I've had to sit at the computer for a long time. So I'm hoping these do the trick.

I'm still planning on getting glasses, especially for when I'm not feeling well. We'll get to that later. But first...

TEETH

Keisha "lost" another tooth yesterday. I use the quote marks because we weren't sure if it was really loose or not. You see, because she knows the Tooth Fairy brings money, we have suspicions that she's using this as a money-making opportunity, albeit a painful one.

In our home, as I've mentioned before, we call the Tooth Fairy before Keisha goes to bed on nights like last night*. She told me (*wink*) to tell Keisha that she shouldn't pull out her teeth until they are ready.

We're not sure how many baby teeth she has left; there can't be many more.

THROAT

My throat still feels awful. I bought some N'ice(tm) throat lozenges yesterday on the way home, and those are mildly successful. Combined with my stuffy head, it's a pretty good cold.

I need to boost my vitamin C big time, and I'll consider going to the doctor for some medicine, or some recommendation of an Over-the-counter remedy.

*Note to self: find previous post that discusses what contacting the Tooth Fairy is like.

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Springtime Sore Throat Blues

Mood: ugh
Listening to: Dave's Lounge
Watching: Grey's Anatomy Season Finale (last night)

Not feeling good today. Came home last night with a sore throat, and this morning I got a stuffy head, too. Cold springtime weather and not getting enough vitamin C are probable causes - and not getting enough rest, too, I reckon.

So, to celebrate my condition, how about some blues, which I came up with just a few minutes ago:

Woke up yestahday mornin'
Was cold inside my home
Woke up yestahday mornin'
And I began to moan

Cuz it's cold outside
And this sore throat ain't no fun

Springtime sore throat blues
Got me feeling really down
Springtime sore throat, stuffy head blues
Don't feel like goin into town

Supposed to be much warmer,
This cold givin me a frown

Springtime sore throat blues
O why'd this happen to me
Got the springtime sore throat blues
I need some vitamin C
Gimme some juice and some rest and some warm clothes
And please just let me be.

Work's Been Busy

Mood: upbeat
Listening to: DSC 387-2006-05-15
Eating: Chipotle fajita steak burrito bol with black beans, all salsas, sour cream and cheese; with a large diet coke to wash it all down

Work has been seriously busy lately. Consider this e-mail reply I got from my boss, when I forwarded him another request from our user population:

Let’s talk about this on Monday. My load should be lighter then and possibly yours as well. I actually believed that as I was typing it.

JIMM 48 - Happy Mother's Day

Latest podcast is up! It might be a bit late for Mother's Day, but, as I mention during the show, celebrating motherhood is timeless.

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Eyes that See and Ears that Hear God: Donna LePiors by Cyndie Imfeld

I just read this article. I've known Donna personally as well. Everything that Cyndi said is true. Whenever Donna comes up to greet you, she puts her hand on you and finds your face. She puts her thumb on your lower lip and feels under your chin

"Who is this?" she asks.

"Hi, Donna, it's Dan Johnson," I say.

"How are you doing?" she asks.

"Fine, and how are you?"

"GOOD! GOOD!" and this is always followed by an enthusiastic hug.

Eyes that See and Ears that Hear God: Donna LePiors by Cyndie Imfeld

You Know It's An Election Year When...

... at least once a week we get a recording answering machine message from someone lobbying us to contact a politician or to vote for or against something.

Unfortunately, these types of messages cannot be blocked via the Do Not Call list*.

I may record some of these to mock on future podcasts.


*Note to self: find link to post elsewhere in the blog archives. Or make a reader do it for you.

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JIMM 47 - Java with Jennie

Mood: a little sleepy
Listening to: Superblessed Podcast May 4, 2006

The latest podcast is available! It's worth checking out even just to hear Ganns Dean's song. Ganns is the Official Superblessed Blogger/Podcaster of Journey Inside My Mind.

Hearing the humor between Jennie and me is also worth hearing. I recorded this while we were at the mall last Thursday for Keisha's keyboard lesson.

Any comments, suggestions, feedback, complaints can be sent in the usual modes.