There’s been a big shift in the weather lately, starting with a nice drop (or increase – the type doesn’t matter) in air pressure. How do I know this? Because my sinuses decided, after weeks of playing nicely, to slam me with a little slice of hell on Monday. My head was hurting so badly I ended up finally giving up and going home, to take some pills and curl up on the bed and wait until the medication kicked in. Alas, it wasn’t just the sinuses at that point; by the time the sinus meds finally kicked in, the migraine was in full force, and since migraines come with an accompanying bout of nausea (my life, you want it, I know you do), basically my entire afternoon was spent curled up in a little ball on my bed, head draped in ice packs, praying fervently to whatever deity might be listening that I could keep down the pain meds *and* the sinus meds long enough for them to actually do some good.

Luckily everything finally stablized, just in time for me to scurry off to rehearsal. That was all kinds of exciting in itself, since, what with being highly medicated by that point, my brain was a wee bit floaty, and concentrating on difficult music was more of a challenge than it normally is. But I made it through that, and then came home and sat down with my floaty head and some needles and yarn and whipped up a dishcloth because naturally, the Dishrag Tag box arrived that afternoon and as captain of my team, it was incumbent upon me to get it back into the mail as soon as possible.

I’ve been dutifully popping sinus meds the rest of the week, since I can feel a return to depressurization lurking angrily, just behind my cheeks, and except for that pesky little side effect of the decongestants called insomnia, things seem to be holding out just fine. The fact that I am scheduled to climb aboard an airplane this weekend, twice, and the fact that on previous occasions when my sinuses have been trying to kill me while flying it turned the trip into yet another slice of hell, does not have me panicking one teensy bit. Nope. Not at all. Ugh.