Out With the Cold, In With the Flu

Pardon me as I blow my nose repeatedly while typing this post, but I'm just up and around after having the flu. It's been a dicey few days while I've subsisted on Cheez-Its and Nyquil. On the upside, there's nothing like a good sweatin' fever to help a gal break that weight plateau. So to help celebrate my return to the living world today, I'd like to share with you a bit of poetry inspired by my flu. I wish I could tell you it was written in the fog of the fever...but it wasn't.

Ode to Nyquil

Nyquil, oh Nyquil

My favorite syrupy goo

Red and tasty and potent

You keep me zonked the whole night through

When I feel the sniffles,

The snuffles and the snots,

I do a quick shot of Nyquil,

And I'm so happy I could plotz!

If you have any Nyquil tribute poetry of your own, please send it in to my newly formed Nyquil Fan Club and we will publish it in our bi-monthly newsletter, "Nyquil Always Love You".

Ahhhhhh, it's good to be back!

Master of the Carcassonne Universe!

Well, finally I achieved victory at a game of Carcassonne. And as much anticipated, I celebrated my first and only win with a victory lap around the house, spiking throw pillows as I went. I would've enjoyed it more if it hadn't been done through a haze of cold medicine - as I've now contracted some kind of vacation-killing super flu. So my memory is just a fuzzy blur of throw pillows flying this way and that. I don't think I fell down at any point. So that's good.

Well even through my Nyquil buzz, I can still post my Askville Answer of the Week! This one really, I think, clues you in to a special side of me - my pageant side.

Hope everyone has a glorious New Year's Eve night, and makes the most of their fresh start in 2008!