I've been the only office person here at work for the last two weeks and earlier this week I started getting an ear infection. An EAR infection??? What the SHIT I haven't had one of these since I was twelve. Oh ugh. Anyways, I can't go to the doctor because I have to stay here and hold down the fort and all of my holding the fort hours mirror doctor hours.Half of my head hurts like a friggin beotch and one of my warehouse guys just offered to bring me in some antibiotics his sister brings back from Mexico every year. I had no idea but I guess a lot of people DO that. I won't be able to get to a doctor till Monday when they come back and I'm considering taking him up on his offer. Oh my. Sometimes my job is a tad ridiculous.
Speaking of sick, C. blasted me with yet another one of his weird Mexican beliefs again last night. I thought we were DONE with those! Ahahaa I guess not.
He had been out in the cold for a few hours putting on new heat tape to our pipes and when he came in I just about had dinner done. I told him to go take a shower and eat and he just looked at me like I was insane and told me that he COULDN'T take a shower yet. He said that when you come in out of the cold you have to let your body warm up gradually and that if you jump right in to a hot shower it WILL make you sick.Oh lord. Just, what the hell.
I tried to explain to him that it's a Virus that makes a cold, not temperature change (for like the 5th time) but he was REALLY not having it. I even got a little pissy and told him that maybe he should try and listen to the person that has lived her ENTIRE life in a place where half the year is winter-wonder-land and that I JUST MIGHT know what I'm talking about. But no. Texas boy is sticking to his guns.
What the hell do they TEACH kids down there in the Texas school system? For lands sake I've seen his H.S. diploma, you'd think he wouldn't have so many weird voo-doo beliefs. Eventually he told me to just never mind and that he can have his (freak) opinion and I can have mine.That's dandy for now but God help us if we ever make some half-breeds.
10 comments:
As long as he lets you wash your hair during your period, you're fine.
(Do not even ask...)
Krissie - WHAT??
er.. sorry.
I think a warm compress on the ear helps burst the infectious abcess. Have painkillers in the meantime, what else can you do? Antis without doctor's advice is kinda bad.
And your Mexican is right about the no-hot-shower-after-cold-thing. Take this from me, a Science geek turned indie :P. There are some things Science hasn't managed to explain, but common sense and experience prove true all the time. Most of us have viruses hanging around in our system all the time. some sudden shock(temperature change, for example) just makes the whole thing flare up in hours. It's happened to me too many times by now. :P
YOU try splashing cold water on a hot face or the other way round, and see how your head starts hurting in five minutes! It's crazy.
Krissie - Yeealck I try and shower solo at that time.
okay and WHAT???? Okay you said not to ask but come on.
Indiegal - Ah well crap. For real? Ugh.
HOR!! Don't be hatin' on Texas! It's my home! And the indiegal said it right. It's more about temperature change and shock to the body. Does that mean you'll get sick? I think it's dependent upon the individual.
And STAY AWAY from those meds from south of the border! Wait for a doctor!
"Antibiotics" from Mexico, eh? Send a few of those puppies my way!
Sassy - Well I'm sure YOU'RE a good teacher. :)
Dyck - I'll send you somethin alright.
Get John Stossell's book, he explains it much better and with facts about how the cold outside has nada to do with catching a cold. Its a myth.
And Antibiotics from Mexico is code for some kick ass weed!
Not fer nothin' but what about all those Nordic types who deliberately shock their systems by hanging out in the sauna and then jumping into either a snowbank or an icy lake? And they swear it makes them healthier. I'm originally from the Buffalo, NY area, and we know sumpin about cold there, too, and all that jumping in a warm shower after extended stays outside ever got me was a bad case of shivers!
Middle lifer and Upstate! FINALY!! Somebody on my dang side! Gahhhh I was starting to dispair. :) And YEAH ya know I've done the polar bear thing myself (once was enough!) and I didn't catch my death, so NAHHHH.
Where is that book? Is it on Amazon? I'm going to Amazon.
Thank You :)
Man, my frog believes the same thing... must be the same teachers in France.
OK, so perhaps a virus MIGHT attack during a sudden change in body temperature but it's more likely a combination of factors like overall health and immune system strength. I tell ya, I ain't waiting around to warm up slowly when I'm cold!
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