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Beth Lisogorsky's avatar

Hope you feel better soon Jen. And less like a dry chicken.🐔 That dry, hacking cough or post nasal nonsense is the worst. There’s never any getting “over” it, just going “through” it unfortunately

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Jen Zug's avatar

post nasal nonsense indeed!! Feeling pretty energized this afternoon, actually (I wrote this essay on Monday evening).

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Alise Chaffins's avatar

Feel better soon! I had a cough last summer that was productive (I guess?) but lasted for like, 8 weeks, and I was pretty sure the whole rest of my life was going to be spent hacking up gross. It was The Worst. Here's to you getting through this quickly!

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Jen Zug's avatar

Thank you! I wrote this on Monday evening and I'm already feeling better. It was a long two weeks, though!

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Laura W.'s avatar

Hope you feel better!

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Jen Zug's avatar

I am! Thank you! (I wrote this on Monday.)

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Mary Hutto Fruchter's avatar

Feel better!

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Cindy Ojczyk's avatar

Happy birthday no-longer-teen! It is an odd feeling to see your kids grown beyond years you still remember of yourself! Feel better soon.

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Jen Zug's avatar

So weird to have adult kids! Also weird that at his age I was living across the country from my parents (in college, but still).

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Julie Hester's avatar

Even while feeling terrible, you made me laugh and think “hmmmm…” with the productivity insights and chicken images. Hope you feel better soon. And Happy Birthday to Thomas! 🥳

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Jen Zug's avatar

Awww.. thank you. Glad I made you laugh. And yes, my brain does tend to linger on words that have different connotations depending on the context. You may remember my poem about being "unremarkable."

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Julie Hester's avatar

I do! Here’s to being unremarkable.

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Sue Ferrera's avatar

Hoping you feel better soon!

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Nicole Steinbok's avatar

Fun post, not fun cough. I hope you feel better and sleep better soon.

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Jen Zug's avatar

Thank you! Definitely feeling better now (I wrote this on Monday), but still waking up a couple of times in the night. Ugh!

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Stephanie Alter Jones's avatar

Feel better!

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Sara Caldwell's avatar

Happy 20th birthday, Thomas! Oh, to have a nonproductive cough! Glad you're feeling better, Jen. Loved your family's comments - and your story as told when you weren't feeling well! Get all the way better!

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