Okay remember this post about how it had been an entire year since I had any sort of cold?
And then weeks later I had this cold?
Well guess what? For a little over a week now I’ve been fighting a cold . I felt the chest cough coming, the heavy head feeling and the sluggishness.
This morning I woke up achy. The kind where if you touch my skin I just want to cry because it’s sensitive. My head is pounding, my throat is burning and my chest hurts when taking deep breaths.
I have a 5 mile race this weekend. I will run it.
Therefore tonight I’m headed home after work and drinking a gallon of water and getting into bed early. I will not be sick anymore.
But it’s bothering me that every few weeks I’m being hit with this cold. What is causing it to resurface?
Lack of sleep? But while I was finishing grad school and with B, I was getting up at all hours of the night to finish so it can’t be any worse now.
Eating unhealthy? Could be part of it, although I think the unhealthiest I’ve ever eaten was the two years with B and I stayed so healthy during our two years plus the year after we broke up.
Less exercise? Maybe this is it. What had been at minimum 3 days a week has become 1-2 days a week.
New building? My office moved into a new building where I now share an office (I used to have a very private cube). Our office is open to a hallways of cubicles and other offices. A lot of people on the floor keep getting sick (lots of coughing going on right now).
I need to stop getting sick!
minimal exercise definitely makes a difference in my immune system. but if i feel something coming on i start od’ing on airborne which seems to help. i’ve also become a bit of a purell junkie. hope you feel better soon!
Ugh, I hope you feel better in time for your race!!!