Why me?

Well it's official....I was hoping I was just having some bad allergies but I think it has become a full blown cold. Grrr!!!

I've been super congested for what seems like forever.....seriously since April. It has just been getting progressively worse. The last week or so sleeping has become a chore. I have always been a good sleeper....probably too good. It always drove Levi crazy that I could sleep anywhere at anytime. When we would drive somewhere that was more than 5 minutes away....Levi would always tell me to not fall asleep so he would have someone to talk to. Everynight when we would go to bed within minutes of my head hitting the people I was out cold and could sleep solid for hours....like 9-12 hours. I would never dream or wake up or even move cuz I slept so deep. Well friends.....that has changed. :(

My stuffy nose has become some ridiculously stuffy that breathing has become very difficult.....expecially @ night. For about the last week I have woken up several times in the night to find myself breathing through my mouth and having this horrible cottonmouth taste. Then to top it off....it's like my throat is swollen so I can't ever seem to get enough air. Ahhhhhh!!!!

Well I told my mom my woes...wondering what the heck to do to help me breath better. (I'm such an anti medicine person so I hadn't tried any nasal spray, vicks, tylenol or whatever meds)

She suggested I get a diffuser and diffuse eucalyptus at night to see if that helps clear me up and let me sleep better. I had the essential oil and my mom said I could borrow her diffuser. It's this little glass one and you light a candle under the water.

Well I tried that the beginning of this week....I wasn't back to my whole self but hey it definitely made a difference.....I was able to breath through my nose. YEAH!!!

Well then to my dismay....about two days ago.....I got the water and the oil in and lit the candle and in just a matter of minutes the glass shattered.....I guess from being too hot and just being old. Darn it! Well I figured I would live through one night....and then I could just buy me another one @ the store the next day.

Somehow though I had forgotten that I had my fan on and my bedroom window open and I slept all night like that and lets just say I woke up with a very stuffy nose, a very very dry mouth and very sore throat.

Now I'm just miserable :( My throat was so sore yesterday that drinking was painful. I did however buy a big humidifier/diffuser @ Target yesterday. It boils the water and then it just steams through the whole room. I filled it with filtered water and put a few drops of eucalyptus in it and then turned it on about an hour before I was going to bed. My room was nice and steamy when I went to bed. I still didn't sleep through the night....but at least I was able to keep my mouth closed and my throat isn't as sore today as it was yesterday.

Now I'm just curious as to what Levi will say to this when he comes home. I'm sure he doesn't want to sleep in a steamy damp bedroom and listen to my heaving breathing......poor guy.....