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If it's Christmastime, I must have a cold. This has been true almost every year at least since I moved to Seattle. For the first several years, I'd either pick up a cold while traveling East and then be miserably ill while there, or else I'd pick up something while there and be sick by the time I got home. Either way, I missed out several years on doing anything fun for my birthday, because of being ill. Last year, however, I had a cold before I left Seattle, and was happily healthy all through and after my visit.
This year, the cold snuck up on me. I was feeling a bit run down on Thursday, unaccountably extra tired and suffering a headache I attributed to the tiredness. Friday I was feeling somewhat okay in the morning before going to see Tron: Legacy, but the headache returned after that, which I thought was caused by watching the 3D film. However, it was clear by the evening that I was lightly congested, and that's continued through today: mild nasal congestion, headache, mild sore throat, tiredness. I took aspirin last night, and ibuprofen this morning and afternoon, and that actually seemed to help a lot. I'm now at SeaTac Airport, about to head East for my Christmas visit, and as I didn't want to eat anything substantial before flying, I bought some acetaminophen instead, and I'm hoping that will be good enough to let me rest during the flight.
The overnight flight means I won't get much if any sleep, especially as I have a connection in Minneapolis, breaking up the flight into segments of about 4 hours and 3 hours. Hopefully that won't make my illness even worse; at least I've got several days to improve before Christmas.
This year, the cold snuck up on me. I was feeling a bit run down on Thursday, unaccountably extra tired and suffering a headache I attributed to the tiredness. Friday I was feeling somewhat okay in the morning before going to see Tron: Legacy, but the headache returned after that, which I thought was caused by watching the 3D film. However, it was clear by the evening that I was lightly congested, and that's continued through today: mild nasal congestion, headache, mild sore throat, tiredness. I took aspirin last night, and ibuprofen this morning and afternoon, and that actually seemed to help a lot. I'm now at SeaTac Airport, about to head East for my Christmas visit, and as I didn't want to eat anything substantial before flying, I bought some acetaminophen instead, and I'm hoping that will be good enough to let me rest during the flight.
The overnight flight means I won't get much if any sleep, especially as I have a connection in Minneapolis, breaking up the flight into segments of about 4 hours and 3 hours. Hopefully that won't make my illness even worse; at least I've got several days to improve before Christmas.
