Tissue anyone?

When I was a kid, getting sick was both a blessing and a curse. A blessing in the sense that it meant mom would baby me, take care of me, make sure I had hot soup, hot tea, enough blankets to cover my shivering body. It meant she was there to drive me to the doctor if I needed medicine, or check up on me from time to time when I needed her help. It was a curse because I was a little kid who never wanted to miss school. NOt in the nerdy sense, but the social sense. I was always nervous that something major would go down and it would be the day I would be home with a snotty nose, or an upset tummy.

But getting sick as an adult SUCKS. For the last few years it has meant one thing, and one thing only for me, sinus pain and infections that I could totally do without. Over the years, as with everything else that appears to be falling apart on my over 20s body, my sinuses and allergies are in overdrive during different parts of the year. And hooray, now that it is October, my body believes it is time to whack me with my seasonal cold.

I have done really well over the last years not to get too sick. Have been able to handle getting through some rough and cold winters back home in Colorado without the germy bugs hitting my body. But move to the state where it is still in the 90s in October (yes...it is really still that hot. It is killing me. I am ready to pull out the long sleeves, not the capris!) I find myself sick. Stuffed up, sinuses a hurtin' and a sore throat that feels like someone ripped it raw. (great picture eh?). I had  hoped I could escape this pain, as Doug has been sick for a week now with the same symptoms. Unfortuneately, it hit me over the  head like a two by four this morning. I've got zicam, some nasal wash through me so far, and plan on taking some robotussin tonight after I get done writing this.

When did getting sick turn not fun. MOM..where are you with the soup?! 

Here's hoping I shake this stuff this week. We are heading home (home as in Colorado home) on Saturday, and I do NOT want to have to fly with this. On the plus side..getting sick in my cushy house at home doesn't sound THAT bad :)