Elvis & Echinacea

"I don't know anything about music. In my line, you don't have to."

Who said it?

I'll give you some hints:

Rockabilly.

Caped White Jumpsuit.

Nothin'? Okay, how about:

Hound Dog.
Jailhouse Rock.

Still nothin'? Okay, here's your last chance:

GRACELAND.

If you haven't guessed by now, I really can't help you. Haha. I've never been much of an Elvis fan; that's not to say I dislike him necessarily, just never really took an interest in proactively playing his work. My mother-in-law is an allegiant fan of Mr. Presley; she and Joe's aunt make annual trips to Graceland to engulf themselves in a weekend of homage to the late legend. Today, the undisputed king of Rock and Roll himself touched down in Glen Carbon, IL. Not him, or an impersonator, but a collaborated album of just some of his famed Christmas hits. Nancy is my office's resident Elvis fan, and this morning she came to work with the day's soundtrack in hand. We spent the day off and on listening to Elvis serenade us with that timeless charm that so sweepingly captivated women all across the country in the middle of the 20th century. It put a little spunk to an otherwise repetitive day, which was a welcomed change in the normal flow.

In addition to adding some Elvis to the office, I made it a point this year to add a few other things to my desk.

The transitional time from fall to winter seems to be quite the popular period of time for little bugs to spread out and make people sick. Last year, I went through an awful spell, throughout which I lost my voice, had interrupting coughing fits, battled migraines, and even visited a doctor in a desperate attempt to shake whatever had caught up with me. Yeah. Me... at a doctor. It was that bad. I made a resolution that I would do everything within my preventative power to avoid repeating the experience this year. To aid in my efforts, I'm surrounding myself with some little soldiers: Echinacea, vitamin C, honey, and a plethora of various brewable hot teas. I'm fortifying my arsenal with some good old fashioned hand sanitizer; I shake various hands and touch all kinds of surfaces throughout the day, so enlisting the help of a 99.99% germ killer seems both appropriate and proactive. If I get sick this winter, it won't be for lack of trying. So THERE! :)

And the week is underway....

xo | cmd

Hello, Upswing | Hello, Twelve!

YESSSSS....

I woke up this morning with some sinus pressure, which I'm assuming is because I've got a sinus infection. [Oh well]. The good news: I can feel myself on an upswing!

My mother deserves all the thanks in the world for educating me on the right way to handle this sort of thing. Anyone who knows me knows that I haven't touched anything even resembling a tylenol in years. I just can't bring myself to do it. Don't think that I judge anyone who does; it's just not my thing. I'm not a huge follower of Western Medicine's typical approach: "RX, RX, RX... ." I've found that if I follow holistic methods properly and consistently [at least for minor stuff like I've got now], I'll see the same results without that bandaid effect.

My saving graces:

|| echinacea ||
|| been relying on this stuff since childhood ||
|| by Herb Pharm ||

|| vitamin c + echinacea + elderberry extract ||
|| my immune system ♥'s these little chewables ||
|| by Integrative Therapeutics, Inc. ||

I can already feel the pressure in my head subsiding, and the feelings of vertigo I had this morning are starting to dissipate as well. Here's hoping the rest of today and the rest of this week show equal signs of improvement. I'm feelin' pretty good......... fingers crossed!



|| breakfast ||
|| greek yogurt + blueberries + pear slices + green tea ||
|| p.s. - tastebudes activated!||

Oh yeah, and I'm tasting things, now, too.
SCORE.

:]
Happy Wednesday!



xo | cmd