Snot Stew

Taking a break from ttc has left me a little anxious.

The part I am missing most is taking my temperature in the morning. Weird, right?  I had to make a deliberate stop to it though. Taking a break means taking a break.  I didn't realize how it would make me feel sort of out-of-the-loop with my body. While I don't miss my 6AM alarm going off, I do miss being in the know.  I also miss charting. Plugging those numbers in and watching patterns emerge...yep, I miss that.

This week I have been struggling to get through a nasty cold/sinus thing, hence the late in the week post.  I could not be any less appealing to my husband: watery eyes, plugging my nose with tissue and leaving it there, raspy, nasal-y voice, and not the cute kind. It's been pretty gross.

Matt has been great though. Our pantry is stocked with every kind of soup possible and a couple days ago, he brought home a Neti pot!

Here it is!

Basically, you fill the pot with warm, filtered water and a packet of their soothing saline formula that has aloe vera extract and eucalyptus oil in it.  Once you put the lid on the pot and shake it around, you tilt your head to the side over a sink, press the spout against the upper nostril, and begin pouring!

Just let it flow! ...don't forget to breath!

Yes, the idea of pouring water in my nose freaked me out at first. I remember the painful sting of water going up my nose from our pool when I was younger. This does not feel like that though! After doing this on both nostrils, I was completely clear for like 2 hours!! I could breath!!

"Alllll-le-lu-ia!"

So, yes. This blog post has been a little bit about snot. ...and if you say " 'snot", I'll say " 'stew", and we'll go round and round....(Don't get too grossed out, "snot/stew" are the the combined words of "it is not" and "it is too".)

Yes, I'm referencing a book maybe you read as a child.

I would say I'm really liking 2012. It feels fresh. It feels like it holds amazing possibility. It's going to be the best year of my life.  Just you wait and see.


So, I started this post about missing my ttc routines, I crammed the middle with my snotty woes and fixes, and I ended with some optimism.  Let's call it a day. :)



Always random, -Natalie