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Weather turned muggy again so I chopped my hair off. It's so short in the back now that my nape's showing. I would've had a professional do it but no one from the salon was free to drop by tonight. I expected as much since it is a Sunday, their busiest day.

days are short and nights are long. so, sardines, my go-to ulam when nobody wants to cook. eating it straight out of the can is fine but it's better heated with quartered shallot and tomato. don't de-seed the tomato though, that's key to a milder and less metallic canned sardinas .

i don't get fevers very often so here's a brief rundown of what happened: # first sign of fever - the 13th at dawn. # it was on and off for 3 days. when it came, it did not get any higher than 38.5C and it was not terrible; i felt okay to get up and go about my day. it was only at bedtime that i felt the brunt of it. # i let the fever run during the day and only took one dose of acetaminophen after dinner. # on the 16th, the fever finally broke and then, the sniffles began: drippy nose, watery eyes, sneezing and all. # now, the 20th, no more sniffles but i am waiting for the fluid in my ears to go away (i'm hoping to speed it up with the kamillosan's help). the ear thing is a bother; any quick movement and i get this pressure in my head and feel dizzy. i think i did well. it was reined and gone in a week. that is expected i suppose, that's typically how long the bug lasts, no?