I'm almost over the cold. It's just past the annoying stage of the throat hurting and it's coughing. It's really not that bad, but I haven't been able to fully clear my nose for about 2 days.
Still - I'm all tired as heck and I got someone else to work my shift at Alby's for me. Night
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
A Cold - Booooooooooooooo!
So I came down with my Mom's cold, that she was lovingly give by my neice. Yeaaaaaah - not. Okay bye
walt
walt
Saturday, January 16, 2010
OUCH!
Okay I've had headaches and migraines for the last 2 days. Two nights ago I went to bed with a headache, and by morning it was a migraine. Yesterday I was only able to go to work by using a whole 3 ibuprofen, 3 Alieve & 2 doses of my imitrex generic. Usually a half of a pill will work, and then I can take the other half the next time that I get a migraine. I had another migraine after work (and after a nap) when I was watching TV. So over the last 2 days I've used 2 whole pills, - lot of medicine (and a lot of money). Hopefully this is the end of the caffeine withdrawal migraines.
I was really tempted last night to go and buy some Cherry Pepsi, or Dr. Pepper, or anything for that matter. That's how bad the migraine was last night. I find that when I take cold packs and use them on my forehead, or over one eye, it makes the pain less. Well I went through all 7 of my cold packs last night trying to get my migraine to go away. I'm really glad that I didn't have to work today. When I woke up I had a slight headache, but I got up, and took my regular meds (adderal, generic welbutrin & lexapro) got another ice pack and fell asleep again. I slept in until 10:30 and I feel a whole lot better.
If only I could feel the headaches every time I wanted to drink caffeine pop. Hell, if only I could feel the pain that any vice or sin brings at the time of temptation instead of later. But that is not how it works. Imagine every time that you bought a whole big bar of chocolate (that you knew that you were going to eat by the end of the night) you felt the heaviness of what your body would be when this became a habit. Or, every time you started looking at porn you would feel the whole weight of depression that would come later.
When I think about it, that was probably the weight, heaviness of sin that our savior felt in the garden of gethsemene (magnified by billions & billions of us) when he bled for us. There's a commercial for some depression medication that asks "Where does depression hurt?, or Where do you feel depression?" I've felt the weight of depression in my belly for the last 9 years as I've suffered/tried to fight against depression, anxiety etc. That's where it effects me.
Well enough complaining for today. walt
I was really tempted last night to go and buy some Cherry Pepsi, or Dr. Pepper, or anything for that matter. That's how bad the migraine was last night. I find that when I take cold packs and use them on my forehead, or over one eye, it makes the pain less. Well I went through all 7 of my cold packs last night trying to get my migraine to go away. I'm really glad that I didn't have to work today. When I woke up I had a slight headache, but I got up, and took my regular meds (adderal, generic welbutrin & lexapro) got another ice pack and fell asleep again. I slept in until 10:30 and I feel a whole lot better.
If only I could feel the headaches every time I wanted to drink caffeine pop. Hell, if only I could feel the pain that any vice or sin brings at the time of temptation instead of later. But that is not how it works. Imagine every time that you bought a whole big bar of chocolate (that you knew that you were going to eat by the end of the night) you felt the heaviness of what your body would be when this became a habit. Or, every time you started looking at porn you would feel the whole weight of depression that would come later.
When I think about it, that was probably the weight, heaviness of sin that our savior felt in the garden of gethsemene (magnified by billions & billions of us) when he bled for us. There's a commercial for some depression medication that asks "Where does depression hurt?, or Where do you feel depression?" I've felt the weight of depression in my belly for the last 9 years as I've suffered/tried to fight against depression, anxiety etc. That's where it effects me.
Well enough complaining for today. walt
Thursday, January 14, 2010
No pop it is!
Well Ladies & Gentlemen: It's final...no pop for 20 days! That's my new 20-D goal. This will be a hard one to do. I love pop. It's always been an integral part of my life.
I remember the very first mug that I got on a trip and how I used to drink Mt. Dew. So here it begins.
Unfortunately I am addicted to caffeine and so I can expect headaches for a couple of days. Ouch. It's already starting - so goodnight. walt
I remember the very first mug that I got on a trip and how I used to drink Mt. Dew. So here it begins.
Unfortunately I am addicted to caffeine and so I can expect headaches for a couple of days. Ouch. It's already starting - so goodnight. walt
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Next 20?
I'm always thinking about what should be the next goal that I should try for 20 days. I tried (actually a couple of times) during this past weekend to start another 20-day goal. I really need to stop drinking pop. However, I am addicted to caffeine and it is dang hard to quit. I can go about 2/3rds of the day before I break down and drink some.
Since it actually wasn't time to start a new 20DG (20-Day Goal), I don't see the weekend as a failure. It was kind of real, but not. I was kind of down though, and I almost decided to eat my candy last night. However it's bean 16 days allready - and I wouldn't want to have to start again, or admit failure. So
My poison of choice is Cherry Pepsi. I also really like Dr. Pepper, Mt. Dew & Cherry Coke as well. Time & time again I've tried to stop. The longest that I've ever gone without caffeine was near the end of my mission. I made a a new years resolution to not drink caffeinated drinks and I went about a week. It ended when I got food poisoning and my stomach was hurting so much. 7-Up helped because it helped me burp more. Finally when I drank some Dr. Pepper it deadened the pain - and that was the end of my resolution. It was actually a bet between Sister Kim Cooley & I. She had to give up chocolate.
What am I reading?: "Monday Mourning" by Kathy Reichs, "Hero of Ages" by Brandon Sanderson, & "Ford County" by John Grisham. Kathy Reichs is the author of the novels that became the idea for the TV Series Bones on Fox. Of course her, Temperance Brennan is a little different. Brandon Sanderson is the author that was chosen to complete the Wheel of Time series (which book "The Gathering Storm" recently came out and is awesome!) for the late Robert Jordan.
Alright - where do I get most of my books that I read? BOMC2 or Book of the Month Club 2. When I first started it was called Zooba.com, and was renamed last year some time. What you do is you make a list of the books that you would like to buy from BOMC2, and the same time every month, they will package up the book that is in the #1 spot on the list and send it to you - all for only $9.95 (shipping included). These books are sometimes smaller than the regular books - it is a book-club book after all, but a lot of the books are the same as what you get from regular book stores.
For Christmas I gave my mom a year of books. She just goes online and makes her list. Then they will charge me, and she'll get a new book every month.
Well, ta ta.
Since it actually wasn't time to start a new 20DG (20-Day Goal), I don't see the weekend as a failure. It was kind of real, but not. I was kind of down though, and I almost decided to eat my candy last night. However it's bean 16 days allready - and I wouldn't want to have to start again, or admit failure. So
My poison of choice is Cherry Pepsi. I also really like Dr. Pepper, Mt. Dew & Cherry Coke as well. Time & time again I've tried to stop. The longest that I've ever gone without caffeine was near the end of my mission. I made a a new years resolution to not drink caffeinated drinks and I went about a week. It ended when I got food poisoning and my stomach was hurting so much. 7-Up helped because it helped me burp more. Finally when I drank some Dr. Pepper it deadened the pain - and that was the end of my resolution. It was actually a bet between Sister Kim Cooley & I. She had to give up chocolate.
What am I reading?: "Monday Mourning" by Kathy Reichs, "Hero of Ages" by Brandon Sanderson, & "Ford County" by John Grisham. Kathy Reichs is the author of the novels that became the idea for the TV Series Bones on Fox. Of course her, Temperance Brennan is a little different. Brandon Sanderson is the author that was chosen to complete the Wheel of Time series (which book "The Gathering Storm" recently came out and is awesome!) for the late Robert Jordan.
Alright - where do I get most of my books that I read? BOMC2 or Book of the Month Club 2. When I first started it was called Zooba.com, and was renamed last year some time. What you do is you make a list of the books that you would like to buy from BOMC2, and the same time every month, they will package up the book that is in the #1 spot on the list and send it to you - all for only $9.95 (shipping included). These books are sometimes smaller than the regular books - it is a book-club book after all, but a lot of the books are the same as what you get from regular book stores.
For Christmas I gave my mom a year of books. She just goes online and makes her list. Then they will charge me, and she'll get a new book every month.
Well, ta ta.
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