Florida Chick Gets Sick

You know it's bad when I'm wearing my glasses. I avoid wearing glasses like the plague, I think I'm slightly scarred from the large coke bottles that I was forced to wear when I was in 5th and 6th grade...don't believe me? There's a photo somewhere on my facebook page showing of the lovely frames that honestly, no loving parent should have ever let their child wear.

Anyway, I'm home sick - and sick enough that I'm still wearing my glasses at 4pm. My head is pounding, my nose is stuffy, and everytime I cough I feel like there are needles in my throat -it's not pretty. It's been a few days now that I've been under the weather so I decided to try a new remedy. I'm not really one for cold meds...the kid's ones are pretty much sugar and red dye #3, and the adult ones make me sleepy, so this time I went for something new, I decided on Alka Seltzer Plus...with orange.

I don't think I've had an Alka Seltzer since I was 11 and ate too much Swiss steak at my grandparents' Sunday dinner. I think it probably made me so sick that I've pretty much stayed away from it for the last 21 years. But, seeing it at the drugstore, with it's bright Vitamin C filled orange on the front gave me the guts to try it one more time. It's worked pretty well the last few days , but today I decided to give it a little kick...I added it to a glass of orange Gatorade.

I have to say, orange Alka Seltzer and orange Gatorade don't make the best combination. It's kind of like that nasty, sugary orange stuff you have to drink when you're pregnant to check you're sugar levels - except with bubbles...and not as good. I'm not sure which is worse, being home sick with the aches and sneezes...or having to take red dye #3 or fizzy orange tablets in order to feel better...whatever happened to good ol' chicken soup? To top it all off, my eyes hurt and I can't even put my contacts in...at least I don't have to wear the coke bottles anymore...