Nose v. Mouth (12 of 90)

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Open Airways:

Over the course of the past two weeks, I've become a mouth breather. Not just any kind of mouth breather, a default mouth breather. I default on mouth breathing now. It's quite irritating.

My nose, for the most part, is fully functional now. I'm finally beginning the full recovery stage of my sickness and I am quite excited to be among the nose breathers again. However, this default mouth breaking business is causing me all sorts of issues.

I find myself mouth breathing even when I don't need to be. My nose will be perfectly clear, as it should be, and I will still be sitting there mouth open in the all to familiar pose of mouth breathers everywhere. Slack jawed, slightly glazed eyes, and... no runny nose. Just a kid mouth breathing for no particular reason. All because of this 'default' business.

My body seems to have rewired itself for the duration of my sickness. It was fine when my nose was out of commision and refusing to do it's nose-ly duties. But now, my nose has returned from its strike and is fully operational. Why shouldn't I make use of it's fully operational powers? The Emporer got to do it, ask Alderaan (or not, seeing as they were blown up). But my body refuses. Maybe it's trying to stop a disturbance in the force, or maybe it's just highly susseptiable to habit forming behaviors. Either way, I want to default on nose breathing again.

Oh nose... why are you as lazy as the rest of me?

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