We’ve all been there. Sitting at our desk, in the library, on the bus, or in front of your computer trying to write a blog. Regardless of the situation it is one of the most annoying and distracting happenings because there is nothing you can do about it. Constantly switching back and forth between sniffling and blowing your nose. Trying to figure out the perfect ratio of sniffles to nose blows that won’t annoying the people around you. The worst is when you aren’t even sick, which is my current situation. I had a cold like three weeks ago how can I still have a runny nose? You sit there, day after day thinking, “Why is this happening? Its October it couldn’t be allergies! Am I dying?” You begin to question everything you thought you knew. Well, maybe its not that drastic for most people. I guess after two weeks of feeling completely healthy but constantly having to blow my nose all day every day I am starting to lose it. If I could find the little guy in my nose who is causing me this heartache, I would give him the old one-two punch. Just kidding. I’m a lover not a fighter. But, I would certainly ring his door bell and run or something, so that he too could know the same annoyance and distraction that I feel (I like to picture him as that troll guy from the Mucinex commercials). Definitely starting to lose it.

There are two levels of distraction that come from a runny nose; physical and mental. The physical comes first and is experienced by everyone who has a runny nose. The second comes after constantly battling and being beaten down by the runny nose gods, which is the case for me. The physical distraction comes from having to stop what you’re doing, take your eyes off of it, reach over for a tissue, and proceed to the actual blowing of your nose. I have found this level to be especially distracting when you’re trying to drive/operate heavy machinery, i.e. a car. This level of distraction is without a doubt very annoying, but it gets 1000x worse when it starts to mentally distract you. Now, not only do you have to physically look away from what you’re doing, when you finish the act of blowing your nose you’re still thinking about it. How am I supposed to write a solid blog post when all I can think about is ding-dong-ditching an imaginary troll in my nose?