Hump Day!!

I finally made it to hump day. Since I have not been feeling very well, this week seems to drag on. Since last Thursday, I have not felt very good. My head is congested, I have had a dry cough, nose is running and I have been sneezing a lot. On Sunday evening, I took a sinus pill, not knowing whether I was treating a sinus problem, or a cold. The pill did not help. I wound up going and getting some Nyquil and have been taking it every day since Monday. I have the Dayquil for the daytime and Nyquil for the night. It seems to be working. I keep coughing up lots of junk and have been blowing my nose a lot. So far, there has been no signs of infection. I am not a good patient when I get sick. I am a very healthy person, so when I get sick, I turn into a blubbering baby. Fortunately, I have not experienced any soreness in my throat, or any headaches…although, my ears have been popping like crazy. I just continue to go to work and then come home and rest.

Because of this illness, I have not gotten out much. Once I have gotten, home, I have stayed home. Last night, it was time for me to shave my head and trim up my goatee and mustache. Everything went well until it came time to trim around my facial hair. I am always very careful because I do shake a lot. Unfortunately, I got in too big of a hurry and cut a big gap out of my mustache and goatee. It was so bad, there was nothing I could do to make it look right. The only other option was to cut it all off and start all over again. It has been over 25 years since I have shaved any facial hair off. It was depressing, to say the least. I look so much different. I am hoping it grows back quickly. After shaving it all off, I did not realize I had such small lips. The only hair I have left are the nasty ear hairs that grow out of control. Ear and nose hairs are part of the Sossamon curse. So far, I have freaked out a few people at work, but the big test will be tonight when I see the students at church. They will freak out, kind of like they did when I got my ears pierced.

Well, yesterday we were being told all day long, by forecasters, we were in for a slight risk for severe weather and once again, our REACT team was getting prepared to do some storm spotting. By 6 pm, there was nothing happening in the state of Oklahoma, so I knew our chances for severe weather were slim to none. On the 6 pm weather, it showed the severe weather risk to be in eastern Oklahoma, away from us. When I went to bed last night, there were storms in northern Oklahoma, but they were moving north into Kansas. When I got up this morning, I found out that a few storms did develop in OKC, but it was after 10 pm and they moved quickly to the east of us. Then, I found out that a tornado had struck Branson, Missouri early this morning. It looks as if the storm system bypassed most of Oklahoma and hit the states east of us. I hate that these other states had to face the devastation that we normally have to face. It will be a long, clean-up process.

http://www.centralokreact.org/