October 25, 2007

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Filed under: Miscellaneous — Shauna @ 2:39 pm

Please, headache – go away.

I felt you lightly knocking on my temple three days ago and even though I didn’t let you in then, here you are, sitting on my recliner and eating my Cheetos. I’ve tried tempting you with Advil and generic Advil and whatever long-expired pain reliever that’s in the work first-aid kit, but you’re still here, twisting the cables and wires that connect my eyeballs to my brain, so every time I blink it takes a few seconds for my vision to properly adjust.

After freezing all day yesterday, today I feel uncomfortably overheated, to the point that barfing seems a realistic possibility, even though I am doing nothing more strenuous than sitting at my desk.

What will make you leave? I can’t leave work today, and tonight I have a work-related dinner I really want to attend so I can pet the host’s dogs instead of socializing. If I go home, Jason will just make fun of me for being weak and girly.

What if I offered you unsanctioned amounts of ibuprofen coupled with a massive caffeine intake?

Do you want chocolate? I usually don’t eat chocolate, but if that’s what it takes, I will. How about salt? Should I get some chips?

Wait – you’re just a headache, right? Not the precursor to the flu or mad cow disease or a brain tumor – right?

Right?

Hello?

6 Comments

  1. My husband tells me to cut off my head, and lose 20 ugly pounds in the process. Not very helpful, but it makes me laugh.

    Comment by My Buddy Mimi — October 25, 2007 @ 4:28 pm

  2. You are too funny, Shauna. I always tell A. to drink lots of water when he gets a headache; I am convinced he is chronically dehydrated.

    I hope you feel better soon!

    Comment by Artemisia — October 25, 2007 @ 5:05 pm

  3. I have no advice; only sympathy. I usually do the same as you… unsanctioned amounts of ibuprofen and a TON of caffeine. Hope it’s gone by now!

    Comment by stephanie — October 26, 2007 @ 10:08 am

  4. I was going to give the water advice too. I’ve had a headache every day this week (I think it’s the weather – changes in barometric pressure) and it’s getting old. I’m in the freezing stage right now.

    Hope you feel better!

    Comment by LoriD — October 26, 2007 @ 11:54 am

  5. Stress-related? Or illness coming on? Hope it goes away. I hate headaches.

    Comment by Penny — October 26, 2007 @ 12:42 pm

  6. Hey–I have a headache too. What the crap?

    Comment by Swistle — October 26, 2007 @ 3:15 pm

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