dilemma

i am two thirds (?) of the way through my second of three bottles of medication that i'm supposed to take twice a day.  i feel like we're starting to make (at least some) headway, so i'm motivated to keep taking it, but it's a big fat pain!  the directions on the prescription say that i can't have eaten two hours before, or an hour after taking it.  in the beginning i took my morning one right when i woke up, then got ready, and just made sure it was an hour before i had breakfast.  this proved disastrous as these cute little blue pills make me feel very sick about 20-30 minutes later if i don't have food in me.  it took me a while to realize the correlation and i spent many mornings feeling like i was dying, needing to lay down, crying, feeling like i was going to throw up, dizzy, etc.  in short, it was not fun at all.  once i figured that out, i decided on school days i'd just have to take it at recess (if i can remember!), and on non school days i eat breakfast, then figure out the timing after that.  i must burn more calories at school, or it's just barely been long enough by recess, that some days i do still start to feel sick.  it goes away after a little bit, or after i've eaten something.  at night, though, it's a great way to eliminate snacking after dinner/before bed.  i've gotten more used to it all after 2-3 months, but they're still a hassle.

now, the real dilemma!!

once upon a time we moved into this cute little house almost 6 months ago (what????!).  we moved in in the lovely temperate month of may when we could dress almost any way we wanted and were always comfy at night.  then along came summer and it got hot.  then it got hotter and hotter.  we had days over 100 and felt it as we were too cheap to run the AC all the time : )  i'm not saying we never ran it, because we're not that dumb.  we noticed that unlike the apartment there weren't others to shield our ground level apartment or big trees to give shade.  we got by opening windows at night and running fans constantly.  then it started to cool off and it was delightful as we turned off the fans, opened the windows less and less, and got pretty comfortable again.

then it happened!!

it started to get cold!!!  we're still cheap and it's easy to put on more layers, so so far we've run the heater less than the AC (days between now).  yes, i know that november just started, and i know that it's snowing in utah, but for a few weeks now we've been feeling sorry for ourselves as it's dipped down into the 60s, and even the 50s over night!!  we discovered we weren't sleeping very well at night because we kept getting cold, so we've been adding blankets and comforters over the weeks to achieve optimal cozy temperatures at night.  we've also been piecing together the realization over the last several weeks that our cute little house's insulation is not very good at all.

now, back to the pill.  the prescription label also instructs to take with "plenty of water".... that's helpful.  i've always told myself that a full glass of water could be considered plenty.

here's the real real dilemma!!

we drink well water that is very hard and has quite a taste to it.  almost six months in i can tolerate it, but i don't like it.  the first night i could hardly stand to wet my toothbrush with it.  now i still make a face when i drink it and usually have to force myself to drink much.  we try to keep a good supply in the fridge, because the chill takes the edge off the taste.  and when you're really thirsty, it's fine enough.

the last thing i want when i'm already in slippers, a sweatshirt, and wrapped in blanket wondering if i should go dig out gloves is to have to drink a full glass of water from the fridge to feel like i've done my "plenty of water" duty for each single pill!!!

i guess the good news is the school pays for a little filtered water machine (whatever you'd call that) that i think tastes good that i can fill my water bottle up at so i can drink "plenty of water" at school.

maybe i should plug my nose???  send hand warmers to the (cheap) wimps in california!! : )