Day 5 was a horrific day for me
concerning my allergies. This pollen is so bad! Tim and I had a
meeting to go to at 11am, but my sinuses were not wanting to give me
a moment's peace. When I first woke up I put on Peppermint and
Lavender to help, but I was snotting everywhere. So not attractive!
Therefore I chose to try ingesting some of the Lavender to give some
relief, I was so miserable. It is a wonder I didn't end up spilling
half of the bottle on me in my attempts! I'm positively certain there
is a really good way that Monique has posted about in
www.granolaoils.com, but I
didn't have time to refresh my memory on the post before fixing the
pill and getting out the door.
I had already made myself some Lemon
water, which I have forgotten to mention several times already. The
scent is amazing, and the taste is almost non-existent but so
refreshing. One day we were out this week and I drank water the whole
time, but not lemon water, and just felt like I wasn't getting enough. I
rarely guzzle, but my thirst was just not quenched. Then when we got
home, I hurried over to a glass of lemon water, guzzled, and finally felt refreshed! It is certainly
addictive, but it is not something I have found goes with just any
kind of food, either, so I'm still drinking unflavored water and tea.
I'm also down to just one 16oz. Coke a week. I used to drink at least
one a day, so this has been an amazing accomplishment for me. We've
also managed to get the kids down to sodas every other day or more,
from the once a day and only before 6pm rule we used to have. Tim and
Grandma are still a work in progress, and have tried to substitute as
much tea as possible, however we are still trying to figure out what
sweetener is right for us and doesn't have the horrible side effects
of aspartame, etc but that also doesn't cause a powdery, bitter aftertaste.
Now what was I talking about? Oh, yeah.
Sorry, this post might should be sub-headed “Caution: Prone to Rabbit
Trails”. Anyway, I took my first Lavender pill with a drink of my
Lemon water, and....(pause for a moment of suspense)....nearly gagged
and at least grimaced an awful face. I don't know what I was
expecting, since I've never tasted Lavender before. I'm sure others
don't taste the oil, but then they probably don't coat the outside of
the capsule in their attempts to get the oil actually inside
the pill! I have to take a lot of pills a day because of the
multitude of my afflictions (that sounds much grander than saying I'm
disabled), so I'm used to swallowing pills and have been rather proud
of the fact that I can take all 9 of my nightly pills in one swallow
(except sometimes for those annoying two that won't go down and
dissolve on my tongue and taste nasty and only chocolate can make the
taste go away). But this pill capsule was just different. Its hard to
explain. However, I got over it and went on, it was no "the sky is
falling" moment.
I told Tim what I had done, and he
teased me about taking care of myself only and not offering to make
him one. I could have reminded him how often in the past week I've
rubbed his feet, but I choose
to think I'm made of nicer stuff and fluff, therefore I made him up
one. Since his chief complaint was congestion and not the sneezing
and snotting I was doing, I put Peppermint in his capsule, along with
Lemon to help with clarity and get rid of his “belly fat”(his
words, not mine). Plus I put one other thing in it, but I don't
remember what it was. At least I know whatever it was, was only for
his benefit and was not something that could do him harm! Perhaps
these oils should say on the bottle under “neat, diffuse”, etc
“Rachel-proof”. I'm certain that would make everyone in my family
feel safer to know I can't accidentally poison them, haha.
The
look on Tim's face when he took his oil covered, oil filled capsule
was priceless. He has such an expressive face and jokes about, that it
is quite entertaining to see what expressions he can come up with.
The Peppermint coating the outside burned him a little, but it
probably opened those sinuses! On the way to our meeting, he remarked
how he was going to be burping up Peppermint for the rest of the day,
but he was okay with that, because at least his breath would smell
good! I informed him that was much better than my predicament because
burping up Lavender is just weird.
By the
time of our meeting, I had gone through at least ten tissues since
waking up in the morning, accompanied by multiple sneezes. However,
at the end of the meeting I was fine. I was clear without the
Claritin and no longer sneezing. Since chemo effected my life last
year, I have had a symptom that plagued my mother during her own
battle with cancer: a constant runny nose. When I eat, especially, it
pours like a faucet. So, I always have to have tissue with me. I have
them tucked in places for emergencies, because sometimes I have no
warning or time to find anything before it starts dripping. Once
again, so not attractive!!!!! If you've ever seen the commercial
where the guy is paying for ice cream for his daughter and himself
and he hands the guy a bill crumpled up with a used tissue and it
mentions squirreling tissues, that perfectly sums me up. Which is
weird, because I'm one of the OCD people who doesn't like things out
on the countertops and wants everything in its own pocket inside her
purse, and compulsively cleans off the table of the junk that gets piled on it. We joke about the spirit of Minimaw taking over since my
mother's passing, so I'm going to attribute this one to her for my
own peace of mind. Therefore, no telling me any different!
Shoot,
I've seemed to have lost my place again. The Caution sign is blinking
and I'm rambling off down another rabbit trail. Soon I'll start
singing Little Bunny Foo-Foo. (I'm not totally mental, I promise)
When Tim sees how clear I am and how I'm no longer red-eyed and
red-nosed, he asks why I didn't put any Lavender in his, because he's
not as over his allergies as me yet. Of course, we banter and I stick
out my tongue at him at some point. Our marriage is always fun and
full of laughs. Otherwise, it'd be very depressing and we'd hate each
other; the reason of avoiding and depression and simply because there is a lot to laugh at.
The
rest of the day went well, and I still had more sustaining energy
than the short energy bursts I've generally had these past two years.
I know the oils are effecting me this way, because a week and a half
ago, I would not have been able to go five days without at least
three of nothing but sleep.
Our
night time oils were:
Grandma-
Lavender on her neck for sleep and rest. Peppermint on her stomach
and the corresponding spot on her foot for some stomach discomfort
she was having. Purification on her chest for ease of breathing, because she is prone to bronchitis and has asthma. Valor on her feet for sleep apnea. Then Peace and Calming on the back
of her neck. So far, her favorite is the Purification, with
Peppermint coming in second.
Tim-Lavender
on the neck and behind the ears for sleep and rest. Valor on his feet
for sleep apnea and I did rub it on his feet myself! His feet are a
whole lot softer and isn't like rubbing sandpaper as it was just a week
ago.
The
kids-Lavender on the neck and behind the ears for rest and sleeping.
Me-Valor
on my feet and on my hip joints which were aching painfully from our
day out walking about. I put Lavender on my pillow and behind my
ears. However, I was reading a good book and couldn't go to sleep
even after my set time of reading had elapsed and my face was burning
which was also keeping me awake. So, I got up and put some cold cream on
my face, some Peace and Calming on my shoulders and some Purification
on my chest. I have to admit that I really do not like the smell of Peace and Calming. It reminds me of the smell in some elderly relative's house where they have a displayed arrangement of some waxy, fake flowers from back in the fifties. It smells almost musty to me, or moldy. But that is just my opinion.
I then gave myself fifteen more minutes to try to go to
sleep and if I was still awake I was going to go back to reading my
book. Apparently, those oils, even the stinky one, worked because the next thing I knew
it was 9am and I was being asked if I wanted to watch Perry Mason
just in case he didn't win his case this time.
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