My Great failure, Part II

Back to my quest for Taco Bell fries.

So, my first attempt at eating Taco Bell in Billings was mired in what I call “bell lust,” where I lost sight of the mission to eat Taco Bell’s French fry appetizer and ordered a Triple Melt Burri-to, Cheesy Gordita Crunch, and a soft shelled taco.

I had already planned on going back to the restaurant the following day, but little did I know that night and following day would be one of the worst that I had in a long time.

My allergies had been getting the best of me, so I took medicine in hopes that I wouldn’t get sick. I had to stay healthy for the B and C district track meets in Glasgow after the trip to Billings.

On our first day in Billings, I overdid it. First, I started with DayQuil. Then I noticed DayQuil did not have any antihistamine in it. So, I took some generic 24-hour allergy medicine. I got to my Brother-in-law’s house and proceeded to drink a tea and essential oil concoction twice.

Later that day, I decided to take NyQuil, which didn’t put me to sleep because of my noisy ba-by boy, who tends to wake up yelling and screaming at night.

I also had that Taco Bell from earlier marinating in my stomach. I woke up every thirty minutes to use the bathroom. I then took more NyQuil at 2 a.m.

After a few more bathroom breaks, I woke up to Lincoln screaming at my sister-in-law. I ran in to rescue her from my son’s verbal onslaught.

I had finally put Lincoln to sleep when I realized I was weak and I mean really weak. I had a pounding headache and I could barely stand. I had severely dehydrated myself by self-medication. I had no choice but to lay in bed all day, drink lots of water and hydrate.

I felt like I needed to go to the emergency room, but I did not. I waited to take medicine be-cause I was nervous about putting any medicine in my body that day. After a long day of trying to sleep it off, my wife instructed me to take some Ibuprofen.

I obliged her and finally ate something after taking the pills. My fever broke! And I broke out into the sweats.

No Taco Bell Fries for me that day either.

To be continued.