17 Dec, 2009
Explaining that THING that was on Mark’s desk at work
Posted by andrea tomkins in: Misc. life
First of all, THANK YOU again for your comments (and lovely emails). I’m feeling better. Really. I think I was just feeling really overwhelmed. We just got new windows (I LOVE THEM). Work has been nutty crazy busy (that’s GOOD) and I’m getting better at SAYING NO to some things and SAYING YES to others. Speaking of which I’ve picked up a very exciting writing contract that is ICING ON THE CAREER CAKE. I’m not sure how much I should be talking about it at this point, but there it is. Phew.
Now it’s just Christmas that’s freaking me out.
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I’m highly affected by certain words. I love finding the perfectly descriptive word when I’m writing, it is enormously satisfying. By the same token, there are a few words or phrases in the English language that make me cringe because they sound utterly disgusting and make me feel ill just thinking about them.
Some examples (say them out loud for added effect!):
- moist
- urinal
- phlegm
- afterbirth
- pus
And – are you ready for this? – nasal drip.
Oh my gosh, that last one makes me want to curl up into a little ball, yet that IS KIND OF WHAT THIS POST IS ABOUT.
Turn away my friends. Leave while you can.
One of my clients recommended a NETI POT. It looks very similar to a small tea pot, but please, heed my words, never ever confuse the two. Some of you may already know that a neti pot is for sticking up your nostril, tea pots are not.
What you do is fill a neti pot with a solution of warmish water and salt. And then you tip your head a certain way and pour the water into one nostril and have it pour out the water, flushing out your nasal cavity. I first saw it on Dr. Oz. Apparently this helps runny noses and various sinus issues and will flush excess mucus (ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WORDS) from your nasal passages.
(DO NOT CLICK ON THIS WIKIPEDIA ENTRY ABOUT NASAL IRRIGATION.)
I bought a neti pot from my client. Her husband works with Mark. He brought it in to work and left the neti pot on Mark’s desk. Co-workers (wrongly) believed it to be a white elephant for the jokey office gift exchange. Because really, WHO STICKS THINGS UP THEIR NOSE THAT DON’T BELONG THERE?
Ha.
I do.
I made the solution and poured it into my nose last week. I poured and poured. Holy mackerel, the water was not coming out the other nostril. Clearly it was travelling down a very long and mysterious path somewhere inside my head, possibly up into my gray matter!
The whole thing was quite uncomfortable.
That’s all I’m going to say about it. I’m sure you can picture what it was like (you clicked on that wikipedia link above, didn’t you?)
Did it help me? Did my nose feel better? Could I breathe better? Maybe. I also felt like the inside of my nasal passages had been scoured out with a bottle brush. I’m not sure I’m going to try it again.
Anyone want a slightly used neti pot?
(Just kidding.)
