Fighting Back a Sneeze

For the past two days I have been feeling like another cold might be creeping up on me. The last cold I had was not even a month ago and it knocked me out for a solid week. I am mighty pissed at this near-cold and am doing everything within my power to nip it in the bud. My meals revolve around neon-colored fizzy "germ defense" drinks, lots of veggies, shots of orange juice, and dashes of Tabasco for good measure. I'm trying to smoke out anything that might be lingering. After struggling with a pounding headache all day yesterday (I never did make it out to run my errands) I finally gave in and went to bed early.

This morning I woke up feeling pretty good. My headache hasn't reemerged, but I'm not yet back to normal. That didn't keep me from running errands though, and spent most of the late morning at the fabric store and Target. Luckily I found a patch to fix Jesse's coat and also an 8-10 year old boy with this haircut. Seriously, his honest to god hair was cut like this wig -- only slightly less symmetrical. It looked like he may have started to cut it himself and then his mom finished up the rest, but then got distracted and just stopped. I was horrified and yet mystified. I actually had my camera with me in my purse, but thought it rude enough that I stared as much as I did, much less take a photo. The mom was also kind of burly and I'm pretty sure she would have kicked my ass.

So, now I'm back and will be mending Jesse's jacket and tending my cold for the rest of the afternoon. It's a good thing that I have plenty of indoor activities today because it is dreary and cold outside!