I hate being sick

[conuly]

But for exactly two seconds there is something very satisfying about a deep, phlegmy cough once you've cleared your chest entirely. (Of course, all that coughing just causes you to produce more phlegm, so it's not doing any good, but try telling my body that!)

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Comments

[greghousesgf]

there was a lot of tension and fighting in my schools but no shootings. I don't think I'd ever be able to get over something like that.

[foliedemars]

I just sobbed reading the Jenna Cook story.

[wpadmirer]

Whoo-hoo! Those Native Americans are on fire. Good for them!

The Chinese adoption story is sad. So many families who gave up a child and will never know what happened to her!

[conuly]

:(

[conuly]

50 abandoned girls on one street over the course of a single month.

[wpadmirer]

That's impossible to imagine, isn't it?

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Something that'll help such a cough: boil up a pot of water, take it off the stove, throw in a handful of rosemary and let it steep a while with the lid on. Then cover your head with a bath towel, lean over the pot - not too close - and deeply breathe the steam. You can also drink some of the rosemary tea, and/or save it to rinse your hair with.

Hope you all feel better soon!

[conuly]

Fresh rosemary or dried?

[conuly]

It's more than one baby a day - and we know that at least one family didn't even show up! I'm not sure how they kept from bumping into each other. What do you do when you get there to dump your baby and somebody else is doing the same sad task?

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Whichever you've got.