5:30 AM: I wake up with a killer headache and sinus pain. Knowing my propensity for really bad headaches I take 2 Sudafed Cold & Sinus. I then read the box and realize that it expired in June of 2007. Oops, I knew I should have cleaned out the medicine cabinet.

8:30 AM: Headache developing into a full-blown migraine. I take 2 Migraine Excedrine. Those things can knock a migraine right out of ya.

12:30: Migraine getting exponentially worst so I take an Advil Cold & Sinus

1:30: My brain starts to feel like it is doing the Samba in my skull and Max refuses to take a nap. I break out the ice pack

3:30: House has become a free-for-all since I can no longer open my eyes or stand vertical. The pain is unbearable and it feels like one of Max’s tiny toy screwdrivers is going right through my left eye and into my skull

5:30: Call my sister and in choked back tears ask if it would be dangerous to take 2 more Excedrin. She says no danger – swallow away.

5:37: I call David and beg him to instantly come home. He gets on the Dallas freeway and begins his long commuter crawl home (2 accidents and increased blood pressure he gets home in an hour)

7:30: I begin to realize that taking those 2 extra Excedrin not such a good idea. I am now nauseous AND have a blinding headache. Lights, noise, smells, movement and general breathing is now causing me pain.

8:30: I take a hot shower in hopes that it will make the pain ease up. It does not. I now have a fever of 100.1. This is beginning to feel like a crazy torture mechanism since the pain is never relenting and only getting worst.

1:30 AM: I drive myself to the emergency room. Thankfully no other cars on the road since it was pouring rain and it hurt to actually look at the road. I drove most of the way only using 1 eye. I arrive where nurse Jill takes my stats and tells me it sounds like a sinus infection. I meet Dr. Cox who also says it sounds like a sinus infection (and not a brain tumor – wow, what a relief). I then meet nurse Beverly who tells me she is going to stick this giant needle in my “hip”. Then, sharp prick and then burning, burning, BURNING, MY ASS IS ON FIRE!! And nurse Beverly says “yes, it does hurt a little bit”. They give me some antibiotics and tell me it is indeed a sinus infection. The shot will help with the inflammation, take your meds and you should feel better in a couple of days.

4:00 AM: I drive myself home – in the pouring rain. I unlock the door which makes the door chime go off. I then use the bathroom, flush the toilet, turn on a light, get a blanket and a pillow from our bed. David never stirs. This tells me that he indeed HAS NOT been lying about not being able to hear the baby cry in the middle of the night. Because I could have taken every electronic device in our house and walked out and I don’t think his snoring would have missed a beat.

I’m telling you all this to tell you that I won’t be posting today. I now just have a dull aching headache that makes me feel like I had too good of a time last night but wait, I didn’t. I’ll resume my normal posting tomorrow.