Return of the Cold... Again
I suppose the title of this blog entry could lead people to believe I am referring to the weather but, unfortunately, I am referring to my health. The weather is indeed still unseasonably warm with rain, sleet and ridiculously heavy snow like we are living in a coastal area hundreds of miles south of here so saying that the cold has returned would be appropriate if a normal northern mountain winter climate ever returns. In this case, however, I am referring to a cold that I have had since just after Christmas! I've been feeling halfway decently for the past week suffering only from my primary illness and some lingering remnants of this season-long cold. My nose had mostly dried up, finally... cough mostly gone... no sore throat... aches and pains were more related to my primary illness at this point. I still had a bit of gunk running down the back of my throat but the little bit I was experiencing was hardly worth mentioning. I had thought (and hoped) that this two-mon