Up at 2:35 AM

I am just going to go on the record as saying that I don’t “do” discomfort. I hate being sick. I have no qualms (usually) about taking all the medication I need to eliminate all trace of symptoms of any malady. I start requesting an epidural as soon as I enter the hospital doors. In other words, I’m a big baby and not ashamed to admit it.

And right now I am sick. A cold. Ick.

The doctor-approved Sudafed is just not cutting it. I still feel like I am drowning. Since I am not one to take drowning laying down, that means I am up and awake. Since I really also love my sleep and need it to function, this stinks big time.

If I were Jen over at Conversion Diary I could turn this post into some profound commentary on Christian sacrifice, but alas, I am just me. Here complaining when I really shouldn’t be. So in an effort to turn this post around here are a few things I am thankful for in the wee hours:

• My email box and blog reader are totally caught up.
• I finally figured out how to remove the auto-link I had inadvertently created for the word “here” in Live Writer. Now every time I type “here” in a blog post (which is much more often that you might think) I don’t have to remove the link that I somehow had stored in my system.
• I am finishing the Diet Sprite I started before bed – no waste.
• The house is blissfully quiet and cool. The a/c has finally caught up from the heat of the day.
• I stumbled on a way to set an “egg timer” in a browser window to help me remember to get off the computer when I need to. And my time is now up.

Back to trying to sleep. Good night.