Go away already!

I'm not trying to be rude with the title of this blog. But I'm sure everyone can relate to that statement and have thought it a time or two or three or more!!

Go away already! Today I'm thinking this about the annoying cough and gunk that is rolling around in my head right now. Go away!!! The coughing is the worse. I can handle the drainage and nose blowing. But the rest of this crap is for the birds. And I know it is annoying to those around me. I try to stifle the cough but it just hangs there...like a piece of gum on the bottom of your shoe or a pesky fly or mosquito...go. away!

And I'm betting some people around me this week have thought the same thing about me....go away already. There are the germophobes, who I know are wishing I would go away, shut up or just go home. I know, I know! But honestly I don't feel bad enough to go home. I'm pretty sure I am not contagious and I'm trying really hard to keep quiet, keep to myself and not share the germs. The last thing I want to do is give this to anyone...well there might be a person or two I'd like to give this to, but that's another story!

I'm plugging through, drinking lots of water, getting a lot of sleep and taking vitamins. What else should I do other than chicken noodle soup? I'm not sure. And I don't think this deserves a trip to the doctor. I want to build up my immunity so I can fight whatever may be ahead.

But the phrase "go away already" can bring other things to mind. Mainly I think back to when I was a kid, and an older cousin would stop by and visit my family. Honestly I'm sure she is a really nice lady but she made me uncomfortable and was a little bit strange...okay a lot strange. She would stop by and not just stay for a short visit but, for hours. My mom, being the kind person she was, used to sit and listen and talk to this cousin. But as the years went along and us kids got older, my sisters and I would tolerate maybe a half hour of these "visits" before we would just get up and start doing things or make up the excuse that we were leaving and start getting things together to leave. It was not rude but just a gentle and kind way of getting this cousin to move along. Go away already may seem a little harsh and strange but a half hour or an hour of these cousin visits and that phrase was rolling through my head. I hope I've never been "that" person, and if I have been...sorry. But as I go through day 7 of this head stuff I just want it to leave. So I don't feel so badly saying or thinking this as I battle through another day of this.

May you not be having a "Go away already" kind of day, but rather life is good kind of day. And if you are looking for a head, sinus kind of bug I've got one I'm willing to give away, free of charge!!