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Runny nose, head throbbing, stomach swirling, temperature rising – must be the flu. Getting sick is miserable, but luckily there are various ways to help alleviate those symptoms.
First and foremost, you need to stay home. Going to work, school or out in public in general will only infect more people. When people with the flu sneeze, cough or just breathe, it releases bacteria that remain in the air for a long time causing it to spread.
It is a well-known fact that you should aim to drink eight glasses of water a day, which equals about two liters, or half a gallon. Yet, most people are not getting enough H2O. Why? Well let's state the obvious – water gets boring!
Considering our bodies are made up of 60% water, we assume that it is strictly what we need to stay hydrated. While water is preferable, it doesn't necessarily have to be where we get all of our hydration. Your fluid balance can be powered by multiple sources!
I feel like Americans' number 1 comfort food is potatoes anything! This is of course unless you are speaking about my children. They will not eat potatoes unless it comes in the form of Chic-Fil-A French fries. Though not horrible, no way they should eat this all the time! So I tried a few things and found another way to get some of these carbs into my growing kids, without being fried or using oil. I believe it's because the cream and chicken stock smooth out the texture of the potatoes so it's smoother on their palettes. I mean who knows! But they eat them! Whatever works, right?
When I worked in a toll booth I would often get asked for directions. I would gladly help people if I knew where they were going. Often I would give clear directions and people would still ask questions like “but my MapQuest says to go here”.. or my gps is telling me to go this way. I would either stare at them or say "so why did you ask me for directions if you didn't want to follow what I was going to give you?"
Every year about this time (or earlier since I’m usually completely over the 100+ degree weather we’ve had for months in the Southwest!) I long for the crisp cool mornings of Fall, leaves changing colors, snuggling up in cozy clothes, and indulging in anything and everything pumpkin spice.
