I hate head colds, or sinus infections, or whatever it is that's infested my nose and throat and Eustachian Tubes and other upper respitorial areas so I can't breathe or sleep or hear. I hate sneezes that wrack my whole body from tip to tail, bow to stern, and ear to ear. I hate going through boxes of Kleenex like they're Lay's potato chips--Can't eat (or form into a snot-beslimed ball) just one! I hate when my nose gets red and raw from being manhandled by tissues, and my throat is raw and my chest sore from coughing, and I have to clear my ears with jaw action every few seconds, as if I'm constantly taking off on a Delta 747.

But I really hate that I have no sick time from work and so I have to feel guilty as well as lousy.

(/whining)

Pass me the oj, willya?