Thoughts while Inhaling Nail Polish Fumes through Sinus & Chest Congestion

Ugh!!! So, a while back I purchased a french manicure pen from Sephora. The idea being that I like the simplicity, the polish of a classic french manicure, and, since they're so over-priced in the salons near me, this pen would make it easier for me to do myself. Well, I realized that with a little practice this could prove true. Except, I wasn't paying attention to how old my other polishes have become, and my beautiful, careful french manicure is now almost completely ruined by a too thick, sticky topcoat. I'm so annoyed right now. I'm being careful as I type, because I know the polish needs at least two hours to dry thoroughly. At the same time, I am so irritated by the various smudgy flaws created by a topcoat I had kept for too long! Am I the only one who does this? The truth is, I get regular pedicures (my legs are long and painting my toes would be an additional yoga practice to my daily one), but usually I keep my fingernails bare or buff-shined. Therefore, I rarely use the nail polish I have, so it gets pushed to the back of my cupboard where it turns into a form of shiny glue! Ick. I just forget about it until I, very periodically, want to use it. I wish I had a digital camera handy to publish a photo of my hands so you all could have a visual of my frustration. They don't look that bad, but for a make-up/beauty-product perfectionist like me--well, I'm trying to hold myself back from grabbing a cotton ball and my non-acetone polish remover. I know, at best, I will only leave it on for tomorrow. I'll have to give it another shot after I buy some fresh Mega Shine topcoat... I'm fairly happy with about seven out of the ten, but clearly, that doesn't quite cut it... And as anyone who has ever done their own nails knows, there is no way to remove polish and fix three out of ten nails without utterly destroying the entire manicure!

Now, for the cold. I have had this cold for an entire week. It seems to finally be tapering off a bit. I hesitate to write that as it could come back to bite me in the ass just to spite my hopefulness. This awful thing seems to be running rampant, so double up on your vitamin C, stock some echinacea and DayQuil/NyQuil liquid-caps. (They seem to have helped in the past few days after I gave up on a "Severe Cold Relief" formula that didn't seem to be doing much.) Have any of you had this yet? I've heard it lasts off and on for about six weeks. If that's true I think I had a taste of it a couple of weeks ago for just a day or two. This week has been the heart of it, and I imagine it could linger for a bit. It's not the stomach flu that is also running around--thank heavens--that's very gastrointestinal and lasts about four days... really, hoping I don't get that one.

I suppose that about covers it for the moment... I'm getting better about updating this thing--hope that makes my readers happy!