Long about Saturday around 2 p.m. my sinuses decided to make a break for it. Since then I have spent every waking minute & some of the non-waking ones with a tiny, rabid wombat trying to escape my skull through my left eyeball. Or at least that’s what it feels like. It hurts and I would like to whine.

I’ve tried the meth-grade sinus medicine, the non-meth grade, steam, Midol, and the only thing that seems to work is laying still and not moving my eyes. Also whining.

So last night I spent most of the night laying on the couch watching music videos like it was 1987. The video watching was not wholly unproductive because it’s got me working on a new theory. I will share that theory with you once the wombat makes its way out of my face.

Today was a repeat of last night. I laid on the couch and watched “Firefly” until there were no more episodes to watch. Then I put Hulu on shuffle and napped until Family Dinner. At Family Dinner I whined about how much my head hurt until it was time to come home and write about how much my head hurts.

Whenever I get these sinus attacks I develop a whole new respect for people who live with chronic pain or get headaches a lot. How you cope with this in your day to day life without wanting to punch everyone in the throat while whimpering to yourself is beyond me. You deserve gold stars.