Last night I was miserable, with a beastly upper throat soreness. Between saline rinse, Theraflu, and a nice glass of Merlot, I got through the night fine. I cooked breakfast this morning wearing a swine-flu mask, trying not to sneeze on Jane’s breakfast.
Otherwise, I’m trying to get the galleys in for Deceiver and get a little rest. You’d know this would happen right when I’d like to feel good, and we’ve got another con next week. Thank goodness we’d nixed the plan to drive straight from Radcon to San Francisco and spend time before San Diego’s Condor, or we’d have been in a real mess…
As is, I’m actually better this morning: I’ve stopped the sore throat. Just have a stuffy nose and a headache and maybe fever. The good news is we had our Swine Flu vaccinations a week and more ago, so we know what it’s NOT, and I plan to be better still tomorrow.
The weather is warming so much we may actually turn on the pond waterfall soon. The koi are starting to come out and nose about at potential edibles within the pond.
CJ, sorry you’re not feeling well. I hope you get over it soon – I’m selfishly hoping to see you at ConDor.
Good luck with the fishies and the cold, and we’ll see you (hopefully) in a week and a half.
I’ll be there. This isn’t feeling like the flu, just a nasty cold.
A decongestant will help better than a “shotgun” remedy, if you’re stuffy. Otherwise, you’re getting medication for things you don’t have, and don’t need the medicine.
May I suggest next time you and Jane go to a Con, that you take a couple of breathers along, like the Pell folk do when they go to Downbelow? Might save you a lot of grief, and might even start a new fashion craze.
BTW, another 5 inches of snow here, bringing the total for my area to 20 inches.
Sheesh, and we’re all melted here. So, without truckloads of snow, would Vancouver be!
Yep, I’m living on decongestants! So miserable! I want to work, and I’m too congested even to think, not to mention the headache!
The infamous con-crud. You can almost just jot it into your calender in advance. I traditionally get sick on vacations. Bad colds or migraines. I think it is because when I go on vacation I finally let myself relax and that is when the opportunistic bugs get me.
I hope it isn’t like the stuff that just went through my office. It’s a double-whammy cold and you really don’t want it.
On the other hand, I was out bird-watching Sunday morning with a friend, and we saw an osprey, a small flock of turkey vultures (discussing lunch spots, I think), and a couple of female hooded mergansers. And some carp that looked like they could carry missiles: they were all of eighteen inches long, and feeding in water that was barely deep enough to cover them. (We were joking that the ‘No Fishing’ signs were to protect people from the fish!)
I like the nuclear-sub-carp. Cue up the theme from ‘Jaws’.
I carry a traveling pharmacopaea for the inevitable sniffles/sore throat/owies of travel. I think it’s almost inevitable that going to new places and seeing new things also means you will be exposed to new and interesting germs, some of whom will find you equally fascinating:(
Remember that the common cold didn’t travel far until people started traveling. With our modern means of transportation, it’s easy to go from a place that has not had that particular mutation of the virus into one that has it, and you’re vulnerable. Same if someone brings it with them, which means they were untidy in their hygiene and gave the virus to someone else, etc., etc. Unfortunately, you can’t turn away people just because they have a cold, unlike those who are carrying a virulent form of influenza such as H1N1. Despite what TV commercials might say, don’t take the flu lightly, either. In 1919, the number one killer was influenza – the Spanish influenza, to be exact. Stuffing antibiotics into yourself doesn’t kill the virus, it only prevents bacteria from taking over your weakened immune system.
I’m trying hard to stay away from any place that gives me exposure to a cold or flu virus. I went out today to donate platelets, and I feel safe doing that, because the nurses use proper hygiene, and if I don’t feel well, I can’t donate and I won’t donate lest I infect the poor recipient of my platelets.
PJ, that’s hilarious, missile carrying carp and “don’t fall into the water, the fish are hungry.”
I’ll one-up you – I have pre-con eye surgery. That’s right, looks like I might be at best eye-patching it to ConDor! Still, I agree with Phoenix Lady, and selfishly hope to see you there.
Arrrh, indeed! You’ll need a pirate hat!
Sekishi, just one word for you: ARRRR!!!