My throat is better.

 Congrats, to me! My cough's over. Well, almost. 

I do still have coughing fits when I don't take it easy. So I can't do any fitness stuff, go on my scooter or bike, do extreme snow sports, etc. which really disappoints me. But I have gotten to the point where I can enjoy a nice latte or tea without choking, and I can of course also walk properly and eat stuff like steak. My voice is lower, but not like man-low, just a bit like Lin from Duolingo, if you know what I mean? 

At the store today, I was trying to hide from my angry neighbour because, well, she always seems to be mad at me for something. Little things such as blowing out a candle. Okay, I blew out a candle, but this was during a concert with tons of other candles, and it didn't matter if just one of them was out. But she got mad and was all, "HOLY CRAP, MARCI, YOU JUST BLEW OUT A CANDLE. NOW I HAVE TO LIGHT IT AGAIN AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT."

Anyway, I ducked into the frozen foods/cleaning stuff/medicine/glasses/hair things aisle and grabbed a thing of Royale toilet paper because it was on sale. Also, the cat on the packaging is adorable.  Usually, I would buy No Name, but I find the dotted patterns on it are too rough, especially if you want to blow your nose and you don't have Kleenex. 

Just as I was about to go find some coconut oil, I started coughing really hard, and it became faster and faster. The lady working at the customer service table gave me a weird look, so I turned my head away and quickly put the toilet paper back on the shelf and ran outside before anyone could notice. 

A few customers nervously turned in my direction and stared, but I tried not to look at them because now all the coughing had caused tears to stream down my face. I ran out into the parking lot and leaned against my truck, and thankfully I was alone, so no more weird looks. I focused on less coughing and more breathing. I tried that exercise where you name 5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, and 1 thing you can taste, but I was too distracted to do it. I decided that the 2 things I could smell were fried chicken and dirt, and the 1 thing I could taste was the tempura I had eaten earlier, but of course I couldn't figure out the rest. 

Eventually, my coughing went away a bit, and I was able to breathe better, so I went back into the store, and my angry neighbour didn't notice me as I grabbed 20 lbs worth of toilet paper.