Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Thought I was doing better yesterday; am doing much worse today. Didn't see downturn coming, and bought too little cough syrup. Cough is somewhat 'productive' but feels like course-sandpaper-coated-with-Tabasco dry cough. Whisky somewhat effective as throat-anaesthetic, a little less effective as cough-suppressant; drunk-dizzy every bit as uncomfortable and unwelcome as flu-dizzy. %bleah% *pout* [Typing sucks; backspacing a whole lot; wonder how many typos will slip past anyhow. YUCK. Don't like feeling like this.] Worried about Perrine: multiple sneezing fits between 15:00 and 19:00; know H1N1 is transmissible to cats ... not convinced that's what I have (timetable matches but a bunch of symptoms missing), but worried I may have given her whatever I do have. Hoping very hard that that's not the case -- no clue what to do about it if so, short of asking someone to driver to the vet and begging for donations to cover the bill; really really want this to just be winter-dryness related random sneeziness and not a serious kitty infection. No sneezing since 19:00, therefore hopefull.

Frustrated as all hell. Got stuff I want to do and other stuff I need to have done. Between sick-dizzy and whisky-dizzy, most ain't happening. And since drunk-dizzy feels just like fever-dizzy to me, this is a seriously unfun sensation. (No fever apparent on very-well-washed darkroom thermometer, but dizinness appeared well before application of spirits and temperature sensation has been intermittently wonky.) And can't just retreat into sleep, as coughing keeps waking me. Not expecting solutions, nor a big pity-party, but did feel a need wto whine to an audience with a larger English vocabulary and understadingof Grammar than my darling kitty Perriner can muster.

Anybody nearby feel like dropping off a care package? Priorities are cough syrup (with dextromethorphan, without pseudoephederine, don't care one way or the other about guifenesin), cat food (Nutro indoor preferred), Chloraseptic (or store-brand equiv.) throat spray, lemon juice, whisky (medicinal use, so this is not the time for wish-I-could-afford-it stuff like Balvenie or Oban; go for Canadian Mist), vegetable bouillon (is there any other brand than Knorr locally?), Tic-Tacs (wintergreen best original-flavour okay; they seem to help open my windpipe a little and my sinuses a little more), and Zone bars, from most to least urgent. If so, I've got about $40 in my checking account to repay you with. (I'm okay for tonight; tomorrow night is when things start looking a little iffy. Though the cough syrup would come in handy whenever.)

Perrine is currently stretched out on my waist, left hip, and left thigh, not sneezing. This is a good thing. Except that I need to get up soon to pee.

And then, to make another cup of cofee, tea, or broth (ain't decided which yet). And see whether that calms the soreness in my throat enough to let me fall asleep instead of feeling like I'm choking.