Domestic Geek

I know I bitch and moan about this every year, but I hate screwing around with the time. Pair moving the time change up three weeks with my period hitting (which always physically drains me) and I've been a mess all week. I'm exhausted but my body won't go to sleep earlier, either. How lame is that? It's a good thing I was doing mindless type of tasks at work today or I could've royally screwed something up. Plus, like I said earlier, it was 74°F this afternoon, so I caught a little bit of spring fever to boot. I hope I can get to sleep at a decent hour tonight.

Well, I'd better quit blabbing and go make dinner.

Well, as you probably guessed by the previous post, I'm awake early for a Saturday morning. I didn't go to bed until almost midnight, so this stinks. I awoke with heartburn and a horribly sore throat a little before 5 am. I just can't shake the sickness totally and it's really pissing me off. I am hoping that after a bit of web surfing, the ibuprofen will soothe the pain in my throat and I can sleep again.

It also snowed as expected last night and it's a bit windy right at the moment. Yuck. It's a little chilly back here in the craft room where my computer is and the power keeping flickering. *sigh* I need to head to WalMart, but I guess that will wait until tomorrow morning since I don't feel like driving in snow or clearing off the car. I'm certainly not fighting Saturday shoppers later in the day.

I'm kind of annoyed with my bank right now. Their customer service really blows. I'm not going to share what happened, but I'm fed up. I think I need to start shopping for a new bank.

I am watching an infomercial with author Kevin Trudeau. He writes books about natural health cures.

Well, my mouth is feeling better today. I used cotton swabs to scrape all the white spots off the roof of my mouth. I used a plaque rinse and really brushed my tongue and rinsed my mouth out with salt water. I steered clear of my morning mouthwash and avoided sugar today. I picked up some plain yogurt with live cultures on the way home from work and had it for a snack when I got home. Hopefully this will clear up for good soon. It makes me horribly thirsty, though. *sigh* Figures I write about this stuff just as I get picked for "blog of the day", huh? Too funny.

Yep, Oral Thrush...a fancy name for a yeast infection in my mouth. Neat, huh? I'm prone to yeast infections. I get the vaginal ones every single time I get on any kind of antibiotic. A couple of summers ago, I got a nasty one in my armpit when the swamp coolers at work were broken and my deodorant couldn't keep up with my sweating. I've had painful white bumps on the roof of my mouth for the past two days. My good friend, the Internet, informed me that they were the aforementioned ailment. I guess they're the result of my illness the last two weeks. Of the several things they mentioned that could cause them, the mouthwash I was constantly gargling trying to kill the germs in my tonsils, the increased sugar intake from guzzling honey to soothe my cough and the lowered immune system from the illness are the culprits. Since I don't have the funds to go to the doctor, I'm going to try cutting back on the sugar, get some live culture plain yogurt and stop using mouthwash for a few days. Hopefully my body will get back in balance and I won't have to resort to expensive medicine.