JOURNAL ENTRY: DAY 23

Yesterday was Tuesday, April 7. The day I thought I was going to die of a sore throat. I felt like I had partially swallowed a rabid squirrel with GIANT, SHARP claws. No need to feel sorry for me, I was doing quite enough of that all by myself. :) Today it feels just like a normal rotten cold; yesterday, I was at Death's Door. I did go to work, but came home an hour-and-a-half early to die in my own bed.

All of that preamble, just to explain my bizarre food consumption yesterday!

BREAKFAST

1 c. corn flakes (oddly, these contain less sugar and fat than the Smart Start cereal. Also less nutrients, but they sog up nicely in milk, making it easier for a sore throat to swallow. And yes, sog is now an official word. C'mon, how can you have soggy if you don't have sog to begin with??)

1 c. skim milk

NO SNACK

LUNCH

3 slices of whole grain toast with 1/3 of an avocado smashed on each. Yes, I ate a whole avocado. Its cool softness felt so good and helped the whole grains to slither past the barbed wire in my throat.

NO SNACK

SUPPER

3 pkgs of plain Ramen noodles (by plain I mean, not in soup form, and I used one packet of the seasoning to flavor the noodles)

Yes, I had 3 packages of Ramen. And yes, I realize that that was about 500 empty calories, but I felt like absolute crap, had no energy or desire to find something healthier to eat, and it was rill easy on my throat. So today I feel more human, so I will put more effort into nutrition.

DESSERT

I was going to eat a one-ounce square of the dark chocolate (still from the care pkg; I just noticed on the package that it's EXTRA dark chocolate -- 85% cocoa!), but only ate 1/4 of the piece. It felt like glue in my throat, and bitter. :(

I had two cups of Throat Coat tea, with a teaspoon of honey in each. Mmmmmm. Gooooood.

So, like I said - bizarre food choices.