Note to self: It's winter!

So, it never really got cold last year. I never had to use the heat, never had to wear a hat, and didn't bother taking out the humidifier. This year was looking to be the same, after we hit 70 degrees in January, but alas, it's cold now, and consequently my body is completely out of whack.

I've had this cough since Christmas, and a few weeks ago, a wheeze began accompanying it. Then, about two weeks ago I started having difficulty breathing and was starting to wonder if it was possible to get asthma as an adult. Turns out, it is, but luckily I don't have it. According to the doctor I have "asthmatic symptoms," but not asthma. Um...ok. So this means that I have to use an inhaler now until I can breathe again and my lungs stop hurting. Joy.

And so, as an ode to breathing, I thought I'd comment on some of the songs in my iTunes about this unconscious act we usually think so little about.

Breathe, by Anna Nalick: Made popular by Grey's Anatomy, I really liked this song before it started playing EVERYWHERE. Now, enough already.

Breathe, by Michelle Branch: Totally cheesy, makes me feel like I'm 14, and I love it.

Breathe, by Faith Hill: I loved this song in college, and after a recent episode of My Name Is Earl, love it again. Seeing white-trash Joy belt out "her girl Faith" while smoking a cigarette and erupting into a coughing fit right as the word "breathe" comes on? Priceless.

Breathe, by Kylie Minogue: Kinda random and Euro-poppy, but also oddly catchy. I got this song as a CD mix giveaway with a Glamour Magazine I bought in London about four years ago. See? Random.

Breathe, by Telepopmusik: I don't know why I have this song, but it's also random and Euro-poppy. Good if you want to pretend you're in a club...or something.

Breathe In, by Frou Frou: I only have this song because I got the Frou Frou CD when everybody else did--after Garden State came out. Can't say I've ever listened to it, but previewing it now, I don't think I've been missing anything.

Breathless, by The Coors: Totally makes me think of high school, or a cheesy 90's romantic comedy. But I still love it.

Barely Breathing, by Duncan Sheik: A true classic. I feel like I shouldn't still like this song, because it's total 90's soft rock. But having not really listened to it in a decade, it's not bad.

Harder to Breathe, by Maroon 5: I HATE, I repeat, HATE Maroon 5. Overplayed, bad, annoying, not catchy, or rather TOO catchy so that their stupid songs stay in your head for weeks. This one included. I will not even give it a listen for the purpose of writing this blurb, lest it inhabit my brain for the next week.

Every Breath You Take, by The Police: Classic, quiet, and lovely. A must-have, but for some reason I don't. Time to do some downloading...

Here's hoping that soon I'll be able to breathe, too.