I’m fighting a cough — it’s been hanging around for over a week now. Last week, I tried some cough medicine but stopped using it because Friday turned into a very strange day. I was loopy. I couldn’t stop talking…and that’s not good if you’re teaching class and participating in mock interviews. Then I woke up in the middle of the night and could barely stand up to get a drink of water. Starting on Saturday, no more cough medicine.
Well well well! I examined the little drinky cup that comes with the cough medicine today, and it turns out the top measurement line on the cup corresponds to 4 TSPs of liquid. Why is that important? Because the standard dose is 2 TSPs. I, not having time to be bothered with instructions, had been filling Mr. Drinky Cup all the way to the top. That means I was quadruple-dosed for part of Friday.
Can anyone tell me why there’s even a 4 TSP option on the cup? That makes no sense.
A side note: You would think that after 34 years on this planet I would be smart enough to avoid such mixups! But no, you’d be mistaken. Yesterday morning I poured some coffee beans into my grinder, except I didn’t, because the clear plastic cover was on the top. Consequently, I poured coffee beans off the lid and all over the counter.
Here’s Mr. Drinky Cup. He’s a bad dude.
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