Kick the Ass of whatever ails ya

With all of the posts of sick friends and their kids this week, I feel I would be remiss if I did not share a little something from my life that happened at our office.

First of all, our recruiter has been sick for weeks with some funk she just can't shake. She was out most of last week. Then our boss caught something and was out for a couple days. Somewhere in there, my friend Marc started feeling it coming on and was down and out for the better part of 4 days. We have 8 people in our office. Odds were, I was gonna get it. Whatever "it" was . . .  flu? Maybe. Cold? Perhaps. Allergies? Doubtful. But when you get right down to it, who really cares WHAT it is, they all just felt terrible.

I did not want to feel terrible. Plus, I'm super busy with pet sitting over the holidays. Sickness? Not really an option. At some point I saw this post on Pinterest: Obligatory Blog Link and thought I should give it a try. But honestly, it sounded like it would taste terrible and "shots" is something I am trying hard to leave behind. But the basic idea seemed worth pursuing. So I hit the grocery store.

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Tea is my new thing, there are almost as many different kinds of tea as there is kinds of wine so I find it rewarding in the same way. It's yummy, it's good for you and a whole box of tea bags is way cheaper than any bottle of wine so, win/win.

I took my stash into the office, fired up the electric kettle and gorged myself on wellness tea.

Recipe:

One bag of Lemon Zinger

a chunk of fresh peeled ginger (maybe almond sized)

local raw honey to taste  (yeah, it's a bit more expensive but it's benefits are worth it)

juice from a quarter of a lemon

a generous pinch of cayenne pepper

Bag and ginger go in the cup. Add boiling water and steep. Take out the bag or don't, whatevs. Leave the ginger. Add honey, lemon and cayenne and stir.

Now I'll admit, I am not a fan of hot stuff in general (spicy hot, not temperature hot) so I was a little whale eyed about the cayenne. But here's the thing - you can't taste it, the tea is not spicy but the cayenne gives the tea this amazing warmth that slides all the way down your throat and just tingles. It's like nothing I had ever experienced before!

I drank a lot of tea that day, and when my co worker Holly said she thought she might be coming down with "it" I made her some too. Neither of us got sick.

Coincidence? Maybe. But this stuff is delicious and just MAY be the cure to the common cold, so try it!