I woke up this morning with a stuffy head and achey sinuses. I know you needed to know this, didn’t you? It’s not really an uncommon thing for me but this morning I was dreading the day ahead (3 back to back phone calls) and doing some whining about it all while driving TW to work. TW’s response was “I’m sorry, but maybe you can take a shower.” Huh? is what I thought but I just figured it was some weird TW train of thought and I was totally not into going there at the time.
Fast forward 10 hours…
We’re home, the work day is officially over but I’m on the laptop in bed trying to catch up on my boards after 3 1/2 hours straight of phone calls. Wondering how I’m going to catch up. Wondering if Michelle did any school work, besides the Spanish oral exam (I know she took because the phone rang at the start of phone call number two and it was Sra. Johnson) and the blogging she did today. Wondering why I can’t take those special red pills of death like normal people because my sinuses are still yukky. While I was doing all of that wondering and trying to work and laughing at a coworker on AIM when what I really wanted to do was scream, the UPS truck showed up. I went out and grabbed the boxes and brought them into the bedroom. “I believe these are RJ’s birthday gifts.”
TW got up and opened the boxes and started to laugh…
“Didn’t you say you got your present yesterday and liked it?”
“Yes, I said that.”
“Well what exactly did you get?”
“What do you mean, what did I get? You’re the one who ordered it!?!” (At this point I’m thinking TW is totally nuts and trying to drive me nuts so maybe she can dump me in a long term care facility, steal my kids and move in with that new barrista she has a crush on…or maybe the gay guy at work that needs her help so badly)
“I got those little travel speakers for the iRiver, duh!”
TW laughs again, “That isn’t yours, that is RJ’s! This is yours!”
“Well no wonder this morning you looked at me like I was an idiot when I said you could take a shower!”
No wonder is right, lol. Man, when did my life get so complicated?
Now about these little SudaCare Shower Soother tablets… I saw them advertised on the TLC channel when we were in Charleston doing our Clean Sweep/Trading Spaces/Property Ladder/What not to Wear marathon and commented on them quite a bit. We even searched the commmissary and the BX on the Air Base for them with no luck. This is the sort of thing TW does… you comment on something, you half heartedly look for it because it’s interesting and before you know it, you’ve got a carton of them. Luckily, I only got one box this time… at least I think it’s only one box…
The instructions say “For best results, place directly under water stream and face the tablet.” Well we have a tiny shower. In order to do both of those, I’d have to stand directly against one of the end walls and then I’m not under the dog gone shower stream which is totally unacceptable for me. If I’m taking a shower, I expect to get wet for goodness sakes.
Luckily though, we do have a small shower so that part about facing the tablet wasn’t really necessary. The thing was pretty much right under me and while it did give off a lot of that mentholy eucalyptusy vapor it didn’t give off so much that it burned the ummm sensitive areas (just a little tip here, do not get Vicks Vapor Rub in those areas… it’s not pleasant and it does nothing for congestion or sinuses… learn from previous accidents, that’s why we have those little accidents, to save you folks pain and discomfort!).
Anyway, back to the shower… as I said, it does give off a lot of that mentholy eucalyptusy vapor and my sinuses did feel a bit better BUT the scent reminded me of when I was a kid and my dad use to bath the dogs in MY bathtub with some special mentholy smelling medicated shampoo. So, it smelled like wet dog in the shower. I don’t know if that means I smelled like a wet dog or if the tablet itself smells like wet dog. Either way, it bugged me and I’m not sure I can actually bring myself to shower with those tablets again. Can you blame me?