Today turned itself around a little, beginning with a good friend's phone call first thing in the morning offering (well, stating) that she was coming by with a last-chance-for-a-while traditional coffee and bagels. It was a good visit, although once I sat down on the couch to chat I realized I wasn't going to be very productive today. I simply couldn't move. This was a good realization, though. My mom and in-laws have been telling me to rest, so today I did.
The kids went out with their grandparents in the late morning for lunch, movies, and ice cream! I watched reruns of "The Real Housewives" and didn't move from the couch, as predicted, for a good two hours. My mood was still as low as my energy level, but finally sometime in the mid afternoon my right nostril began to clear a bit and I had the energy to get a little packing and laundry done. Sweet relief came in the form of a musty old smell in my nose, a true indicator of my sense of smell slowly returning, gross as it is in the beginning.
I am still achy in my face and tired all over, and of course super stuffy, but the duct-tape and cotton ball sensation has subsided. Friendship, rest, lots of water, and a little bit of quiet seemed to have been just what I needed to get past the worst symptoms, so I can make it through another day on this ever-bumpy road to healing.
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