So Sunday was just awful - felt awful, looked awful, sounded awful. I woke up and could barely speak. Got on the phone just in time to put on a good face or voice I should say for my dad and wish him a Happy Father's day. Sad I couldn't be there with the fam, but I sent him (them) a big ol' gift certificate to Hilltop Steakhouse - one of my dad's favorite places (that's not in chinatown anyway). Here he is enjoying the meal I "catered"
He looks happy so I think that was a good gift idea. Will have to remember that one - can't take all the credit though. Of course, Karin suggested it as she does most of my brilliant ideas. And if I don't give her a shout out about it, I know I'll be hearing about it later and you'll all see a comment about it later too. hehe
Oh yeah, so Sunday, decided I needed food, drinks, and meds and was determined to find all of it in one go. First stop was for some "leung cha" It's a chinese drink that helps soothe your thoat. It literally translates to cool tea. So I thought I found it at this little shop by my house. I asked the lady if that was it and she sort of muffled an answer and said it would be good for me anyway and made me a cup. As she was putting the lid on, I realized this was not what I was looking for, but too late, she had already made it and I would have felt bad not taking it. First of all, it was a really dark green color- I know that shouldn't bother me, but it did. I've never seen anything like that. At least it smelled okay so I said, bottom's up! After the first gulp I knew it was not what I had wanted but knew it tasted too odd to not be good for me, right? So yup, I polished it off. Oy, I hope it really helped me.
Next I went to get some meds at the local pharmacy. Since basically everything was in Chinese I thought I better not risk it. I asked a woman who worked there to help me and told her my symptons. She gave me something and I took it but had no idea if it was working or doing whatever it was supposed to do. No pain gone, no sleepy feeling, nada. Last pit stop was for some food. Wasn't sure what I was in the mood for so decided on noodle soup at this cafe that I always pass by. I took it "to go" as I was already feeling like I would pass out at any moment. So I got home and realized I ordered some kind of crazy spicy noodle soup. Dang it! There were long red pepper slices everywhere. I had no choice but to eat of course. Hello, it's me. And I don't know if you're supposed to eat really spicy food when you don't feel well b/c on the one hand, it did make me sweat and certainly cleared my sinuses but it also didn't make me feel so hot afterwards. I scored a big fat negatron that day. O for 3.
However, Monday was a new day. I remembered I brought meds with me! I whippped out my DayQuil and it helped me get through the rest of the day. Then I took my NyQuil when I got home later that night and let's just say I slept pretty well despite only breathing through one nostril. I am so happy I brought my secret remedies with me to HK - my friends. And today, I've done the same and am feeling slightly better. I think one more dose of NyQuil and a good night's sleep is just what I need to get back on track.
Until next time!
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