Can I Get An "Oh, poor baby..."?

What Hurts When You have a Sinus Infection:

• Hot liquids
• Cold liquids
• Luke warm liquids
• Brushing your teeth 
• Mint tooth paste
• Trying to rinse mint toothpaste out of your mouth because it hurts
• Chewing
• The sensation of having your teeth pushed out from the inside
• Standing up
• Lying down
• Trying to sleep sitting up
• Sleep deprivation
• Focusing
• Swallowing horse pill-sized antibiotics 
• Stomach from antibiotics
• Stomach from ingesting copious amounts of Advil
• Touching your face
• Loud noises
• Bright lights
• Eyebrows
• Cheekbone
• Sensation of someone trying to push your eye out through the socket
• Your cheek resting against your jaw
• Puffing out your cheek so it doesn't rest against your jaw
• Hot food
• Cold food
• Ears
• Breathing through your mouth

What Doesn't Hurt When You Have a Sinus Infection:

• Standing under a hot shower with water beating on your face.

Stranger Than Fiction

Sarah at Slouching Past 40 challenged her readers to write a story in 100 words. This is my submission and my true story:


It was a Sunday night and she’d opted not to stay at her fiancé’s house but head back to her place to start off the week.

She couldn’t put her finger on it, the house simply “felt funny.” Still, she saw nothing unusual in the semi-darkness. Flipping lights as she went, she walked toward the bedroom.

As she reached for the closet door, he stepped out.

“Please don’t,” he asked as she backed away, reaching for the phone. For a moment she almost stopped. If he just left, it would be okay.

Then, “No. Never again.” She dialed the police.