redfirefaery

my alarm went off the first time this morning... i was already awake and being unwell.

then i went back to sleep.

and called in "late" to work.

anybody ever heard of delsym cough syrup? apparently it is one of the best, and spotty went out in search of the best for me yesterday. tastes icky, but i stopped coughing fit to explode my head after i took it. believe me, i thought that was a risk before i did.

now, after having had a nice hot shower and a dose of that stuff, i'm waiting to be able to breathe without having to suppress coughing. once that happens, perhaps i'll have breakfast, and then i'll wake spotty's sis up to take me to work...

i wish the business world didn't insist on making their mornings start at dawn. i mean, seriously, with as long as a modern business/retail day goes (usually til 9pm. i'm not counting banks - which are often 7pm anyway - or the post office.) you'd imagine that someone would get the brilliant idea to make it start later in the morning. that would be good... all the grumpy, half-awake people i deal with first thing in the morning could still be at home sleeping, or finishing their coffee at a relaxing pace instead of missing it altogether in interest of not burning their tongues... or going ahead and burning their tongues in the name of caffeine. besides, the major reason for the caffeine is a basic biological one--humans are made to be awake when it is light out, and sleeping when it is dark out. that is purely a photochemical reaction. if we get up when it is still dark out... we need some other chemical kick in the ass to get really moving.

so here i sit, as the sky lightens outside, brewing my cup of tea.....