Too many pills today

Used to be a time I'd pop an advil for any ache and pain. It hurts? Here, have a pill.

I'm still somewhat good with the aftercare, although lazy at times.

I do admit that preventative care is not really my forte. Hence, the bottles of prenatals still sitting in our medicine basket. I think one of them is from when I was pregnant with Eden.

After getting what I thought might be swine flu in the November while nursing a 2 month old and traveling, and realizing that I just hated swallowing monster pills, I decided that I would find some good gelcap multi-vitamins, as well as vitamin Cs, and take them. Regularly.

Well except for last week when I was too busy changing diapers, taking temperatures, cooking for holidays, and switching Disney movies. Somehow working did not really come into play much. Also taking vitamins.

Which is of course how I got to a stomach ache this morning. Here are the pills I ended up taking - all before deciding my breakfast tasted like cardboard:

• 2 antibiotics for a lovely dose of tonsillitis
• 2 ibuprofen for said tonsillitis's accompanying headache
• 2 multi-vitamins in sweet tasting gelcaps
• 2 vitamin Cs, also in clearish white gelcaps that look like something illegal
• 1 probiotic, because i don't want to get sick from the antibiotics
• 1 weird feeling analgesic throat lozenge, just to get my mouth working right

Add all that in, a drive in traffic, then a descent to the 4th floor underground in the parking garage, and I got to work just wanting to go back home.

I'm planning on losing about 5 lbs on this round of infection. In Israel, we don't really have "April showers bring May flowers" - rather more of an indecisive weather god with a streak of kindness. Why else would we be having this weird "I'm cold! I'm hot! I'm really cold! Wow it's hot!" that gets us sick enough just in time to fit into our pre-pregnancy summer clothes?

Eden went to bed early with a sniffly nose too. Have to say, she's a bit young for our weather god's target audience.