Me, I guess I was a shoulder to cry on.

[raybear]

I woke up this morning and felt like I'd been sleeping in the desert with my mouth open all night. A sign of two things -- a cold and a need to pull the humidifier out. I went to do the latter and couldn't find it. Then I remembered, there was a scary black mold growing in it last spring and I think I tried to bleach it and we might have been watching episodes of House at the time when someone almost died because of mold in the house, so it got tossed. Damnit. I spent my day drinking lots of liquids with vitamin C and neti potting three or four times and gargling the saltwater too plus two naps. Oh, and the chicken pot pie for lunch, though really that could have happened any day. I think all of that helped. Mostly I just feel that sort of malaise, in the technical sense of slightly offkilter and aware of a foreign object in my body. I do not want to get sick right before a road trip, but then again, I suppose its par for the course to get ill around the holidays.

Despite fighting off a virus, I still managed to outrun a teenager to catch a train today. That felt pretty fantastic. Especially since he was also lanky and 6 inches taller than me. We were heading down the stairs at the same time, he was about 10 feet ahead of me, we both heard the train and started jogging. He slowed down and I passed him. Then he sprinted past me, and I just started laughing outloud, that I induced him to keep up. Except he couldn't maintain his sprint, he started slowing down and I passed him again. When I sat down on the train, he got on after me and was looking for me. I could tell he was winded and I wasn't so much. My internal voice was all "take that, young buck!" and then I was like, whoa, who's that guy inside me? I'm like the older guy on the basketball court, challenging kids to a game of one-on-one. Or a PE coach.

Comments

[marivice.livejournal.com]

If I was in Chicago, I have a humidifier you can use...But I am in Florida until Jan. Let me know if you still need on then? Yeah outrunning the young buck. I was getting boy-on-Man frisky ideas from the PE coach reference.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

I would gladly take a humidifier from you if you don't need it! I can get through until January -- we're going out of twon for 5 days anyway, and in the meantime I'll kick it old-fashioned and put damp towels on the radiator. Thanks!

And, um, now *I* am thinking of some PE coach/personal trainer scenarios myself.....it didn't help that at the gym yesterday, I totally witnessed a session with a personal trainer goading someone into more push-ups.....

[swampgirl.livejournal.com]

hey, all that working out is working for you!

what's your opinion on vaporizers? i've had several friends complain of the mold in humidifiers -- i've only ever used a vaporizer, which doesn't seem to mold inside, but maybe it is conducive to mold growth outside? anyway, they can be had pretty cheap at walgreens or wherever, and i feel like it makes my house feel warmer. it stopped the sore throats and morning bloody noses too.

hope you feel better, and hope to see you as you fly past me (on the treadmill) at the y when i get back....