Thursday, July 01, 2004

hearts and peroxide

Last night was the last day we expected bad stuff to happen so to celebrate S. and I went over to J.’s new trailer and played hearts. Very pleasant, sitting under palm trees, surrounded by aluminum and sand bags…this is the new battlefield.
I have never played hearts that I can remember so J. explained the game to me then we played a hand. I lost abysmally and she suggested we play something else. We played hearts again but this time with all our cards out in the open, she explaining her motives for the cards she played. She and S. started making jokes about me and the short bus but I figured it out and eventually came in second. Vindication!
Today I got my hair cut and just went back to my trailer to wash out my ears with hydrogen peroxide. I’ve had two ear infections in the last month so starting yesterday I began using hydrogen peroxide to combat the Baghdad funk I get from the blowing dirt and the swimming pool. It feels cold at first when I pour it down my ear then it fizzles and is really an odd sensation. Afterwards I tilt my head and it runs out. The ear pain I woke up with yesterday morning went away within a couple of hours after using H2 O2 so it must work. I’ve heard it can be used internally as an antibiotic as well but haven’t found out how to do that yet.

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