I thought I was going to get away without catching a cold this winter, but then I got a slight tickle in my throat on Friday evening. Saturday I woke up with a slightly stuffy nose and a worse sore throat. By Sunday, I felt like death warmed over. I had to drive home to go to a doctor’s appointment yesterday, and I felt so much better. I thought maybe the cold would be short and over by today! All last night, though, I was awake coughing, blowing my nose, and being angry at whoever gave me this stupid cold.
I’m a big baby when I’m sick. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m tough, but the minute I can’t breathe through my nose, I turn into the whiniest (is that a word?) baby you’ve ever seen. A sleepless night + blowing my nose + feeling like death warmed over = no classes for me today. Instead, I’m going to use today to study for an exam I have on Thursday, drop prescriptions off at Walmart and do a tiny bit of laundry.
The biggest annoyance with this cold is that I want to go to the gym so badly, but I’m just not up to it. I know there are differing views out there on whether you can exercise during a cold or not, but I’d just prefer to rest up and feel better so that when I do head back to the gym tomorrow or Thursday I’ll be back at 100%.
Speaking of the gym, I want to get one of those talking watches so that I know how long I’ve been at the gym. The gym I go to doesn’t have clocks on the wall and it drives me crazy!












