So since Christmas, I've been sick. Trying to play it off, but every spare minute I'm in the bed, energy zapped, and lately my voice is so hoarse I can barely be understood. The people with whom I spent Christmas have come down with bacterial pneumonia; I decided I didn't have it because I went to the steamroom and "sweated it out.."
So I'm walking around the house talking to myself and decided I didn't feel like going out. Of course, then I went out. Two things influenced my decision to walk. First of all, I'm parked in front of the house, on the Monday-Thursday side of the street. (Mind you, I pay $200.00 per month for a parking space, but that's on Park Avenue. When I can get one in front of the house, I do. When it's on the correct side, it means I don't have to get up at 8:30 tomorrow morning to move the car. So that's reason 1 that I'm walking. Reason two is that I had a buncha stuff to do: I wanted to go to the drugstore, wanted to get some coffee, and perhaps some cupcakes.
What I found is that no matter how you think you feel, if you can get up and walk a mile or so, you'll feel better. And if you can't, you should probably go see a doctor. I don't have the sweats any more, and have been doing mega doses of Emergen-C. I also was able to stop at the health food store and get a super green juice, which is always good for flushing the system.
I went to the health food store and to a couple of drugstores, only to find that they were all out of Buckley's. Good thing I have a slight tendency towards hoading: I have at least two or three sealed bottles of the stuff here in the house. I went through one bottle yesterday, anmd will drink some more tonight. It is vile, but if you can suffer through Buckley's and your cold hasn't gotten better, you need to see a doctor. Like I said, I went through a bottle of it yesterday. If my treatment tonight doesn't produce a marked improvement, I'll go....
One of the worst things about being under the weather is that food doesn't have any taste. I tried to eat some lobster salad with pita chips, but it all tasted like cardboard. I did get some cupcakes this evening, and they are full of flavor bursts, but they're also all carbs and I didn't want to eat too many.
So I'm eating some nuts now.
Last night the Giants played the Cowboys. I'm not a football fan, and kinda like the Cowboys, but when there's a contest against an NY team, I have to go with NY. The Giants led 21-0 at halftime. They let the Cowboys score a coupla times in the second half, but still won by something like 31-14. It would appear that I'm enough a New Yorker to always favor the NY teams.
I have to chill out and get ready to drink some more nasty Buckly's, go to bed, and pray this dreadful cold leaves my system....
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