Still sick, but seeing the light
I was back at work for the full day today and mostly fine except for some extensive sneeze and cough fests. My favorite moment was on the phone with a colleague were I couldn’t get out an entire sentence because of the coughing and tossing the receiver back and forth so I wouldn’t cough into her ear, juggling with tissues, cough drops, pens, etc. It basically went like:
“And also because …hold on… *coughcoughcough*”
“Sorry, so because he said …one moment… *COUGHCOUGHCOUGHCOUGH*”
“Hang on, I have to take a cough drop…”
“So, as I was saying …hang on” *coughcoughCOUGHCOUGH*
I love those Ricola honey lemon cough drops, but I swear they make those rough and edgy on purpose for that “rustic and handmade” look instead of thinking about people’s mouths. The roof of my mouth and my tongue are sore from trying to get those cough drops to dissolve faster to suppress the coughing urge. Maybe next time I’ll try Robitussin after all.
Actually, I found out they still make the cough syrup of my childhood, which I loved. It was measured out in drops on a teaspoon of sugar. Maybe I should ask my Mom to bring a bottle or two when she comes to visit.
