nose

I don’t care who you are, or how much you’ve researched it, or how much you might think you know about it, or what you’ve seen on the Discovery Channel. You simply cannot truly appreciate the raw power, the explosive force, the incredible effects … until you’ve sneezed with a mouthful of particulate (such as mostly-chewed but unable-to-be-swallowed-in-time Oreo cookie).

This will probably sound ridiculous, but with everything that’s happening in my life right now I think the thing I want most in the world, right now, is to be able to breathe through my nose. It’s one of those small things that you don’t ever notice until it’s gone. Every now and then I use one of those ‘nasal sprays’ when my nose feels stuffy. I used one last night, and took a TavistD pill. After a spate of incredible drippiness and sneezing I was actually able to inhale and exhale through my nose for most of the night. Granted: I was asleep during most of this proboscis-freedom, so I couldn’t really appreciate it. Now I’m awake, and at work, and mouth-breathing. It’s terrible. My nasal passages feel as if they’re filled with marshmallow fluff. My sinuses feel fine. My head feels fine. I’m not sick. I just can’t breathe through my nose. At all. I hate this.