Day 51 - May 16, 2008

Tea Tree and Cuticles

I felt a lot better today, but was still not back to my normal self. I was able to go into work during the morning, but after being at work for an hour, I was ready to go back to bed. I was getting frustrated with this, and began to do more research online. I found that tea tree oil can help with sinus pressure headaches as well. So I bought some tea tree oil and Tiger Balm from the health food store. My sister, Jen, has really had a lot of success with both of these. So during the afternoon, I was really starting to feel back to myself with the Oregano, Tea tree and tiger balm. I was even able to attend a ward BBQ. I may have put off a smell that was a bit unusual, but at least I was functionable.

That night, since I was feeling better, I decided to try and do my nails again. This is something that I have never been able to do successfully. Yet, I can't justify right now in my life going to get them professionally done. In the past, when I have tried to make my cuticles look nice, I do something wrong and end up with more hangnails than I started with. I had purchased a cuticle cutter at the store, in hopes that this might help. I also used this cuticle oil that my sister, Jessica gave me. It was amazing, but both of them worked great. I'm amazed at my work, and just wanted to look at my nice looking cuticles all night. (...so now that I'm typing this, I am wondering if maybe the smells of the ointments are starting to get to me and cause some reactions I didn't know about.)