How to Waste a Monday

I felt like shit this morning, so I called in sick to work. This means tomorrow will royally suck because I will have to catch up on my work from Friday and Monday. It makes me tired just thinking about it. My fever is goneI, though I'm still hacking up my left lung every few minutes. If someone could figure out a way to spoon the mucus out of my throat, I'd be really grateful.

I finished the majority of the sweater I've been knitting. I shaped the upper back this weekend and started on the shaping of the upper front today when I couldn't sleep. The picture below is of the cables that run down both sides of the sweater. I've already put it on, but it just falls off me without the shoulders. I may have knitted it a size too large, but that might work to my advantage. It will be a nice, comfy sweater I can throw on and lounge around in.

( progress picture )

One of the Great Mysteries of Your Big Toe

I was looking up home remedies for coughing (so I can get some flippin' sleep tonight) and came across this suggestion:

Rub the padded area below your big toe in various directions at the first sign of a cough. Also, hold back the toes and press on the raised area with your thumb. This will help relieve chest congestion.

What? Rub my big toe? It's such a wacky suggestion that I may try it. For now, I'm off to the kitchen to make a cup of thyme and ginger tea. I'm sure it will taste like shit.