Thought or Rant of the day!!!

[Doug R.]

Mono?

[Snickie]

Mono as in mononucleosis? I doubt it, since other than being really sleepy and generally apathetic I feel fine. I took my temperature a few minutes ago and I was normal, no fever.

Some thoughts:
• I did have a cold earlier this week. Maybe I'm not completely over it.
• Maybe I accidentally overdosed on Zyrtec last night. (I don't remember if I took one yesterday morning, but my mom had me take one last night because I was performing at the Tri-M induction ceremony.)
• Marching band might be too demanding.
• I did almost fall asleep on Thursday in AP Statistics, so maybe I'm behind on sleep.

[Doug R.]

On the topic of weird ailments, does anyone think that the heat from your laptop, if placed on your stomach, could give you stomach cramping? I often sit with my loptop "down," i.e. the keyboard is on my chest, which puts the exhaust port on my stomach. It get -very- hot there. I often feel sick in the evenings, either in my intestines, or in my chest, and this is the first time I thought that maybe the heat (or maybe emf from the computer) could be to blame...

[masterekat]

I doubt it, since heat is usually the cure for cramping.

[Doug R.]

Different kind of muscle though, skeletal vs. smooth.

[SumBum]

Maybe it's due to your posture while using the laptop in that position?

[Doug R.]

Dunno.

[Snickie]

Radiation mayhaps?

[Wolfsong]

Ahahaha. Haaah. I love Yahoo Answers.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 529AARwpbt

[Snickie]

That clears things up. But my mom still doesn't like me laying down with my laptop on my stomach.

Speaking of clearing things up. Yes, I was able to stay awake today. My mom and I figured it was an accidental anti-histamine overdose that was making me sleep all day yesterday (I slept through the night after committing myself to sleep again around 9 and waking up at 6:30 this morning) and it's mostly left my system by today.

And, that crick in my neck never completely went away. It's acting up right now, in fact. =_=

[gejyspa]

This *scrtichscritch* poison *scritchscritch* ivy *scritchscritchscritch* is *scritchscritch* driving *scritchscritchscritchscritch* me *scritch* CRAZY! *scritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritchscritch
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[SumBum]

I feel your pain...er..itchiness, gejyspa! After three weeks, I'm STILL itchy from the chigger bites all over my legs AND poison ivy all over my arms. Late week two, a mob of mosquitoes added to my misery. I'm apparently on mother nature's bad list for some reason.

[Indigo]

Or you are just tasty for bugs and... well... plants?
Garlic pills help with mosquitoes. And vampires

[SumBum]

The poison ivy actually came from my dog. *grumbles* Crazy mutt got sprayed in the face (again) by a skunk a few weeks ago so I was wrestling her trying unsuccessfully to scrub the stink off her. Guess she'd been running through poison ivy and I got the oil on me from her fur.

Stupid dog STILL wants to go chasing after skunks in spite of being sprayed at least 3 times (twice in the face/mouth). Last night she was going nuts and I almost let her out before the smell drifted in through the open windows.

I've always been told B12 is good for repelling mosquitoes, too. I remember my mom making us take B12 pills throughout the summer. But...I was just trying to grill some brats!! I was outside for less than 5 min when they mobbed me.

[Snickie]

@Itchy:
I still get itchy occasionally in the spots where I had ringworm two years ago. It makes me think they might be coming back, but when I look there's nothing there. Having the dermitologist scrape the spots for samples was the best thing I'd ever felt at a doctor's office (they used the side of a glass slide and it was like heaven for relieving the itch...as long as they kept scraping, anyway).

@B12:
I've been drinking vitamin water for marching band rehearsals, which are at night on Tuesdays. A full bottle contains 100% daily recommended amount of B12. Maybe that's why the mosquitoes haven't been bugging me lately. Or maybe it's because I'm actually using bug spray this year.

RotD: Looks like another four keys are getting ready to fall off my phone keyboard. ><