Hello, Bronchitis!

Okay, my self-pity can only go so far, since I am still smoking like a locomotive.

I'm pretty certain that I have an upper respiratory infection right now, and it might start heading further downhill and turn right into Bronchitis. Bring it on! I'm ready to kick some germs' butts!

Just trying to psych myself up here, lol. My sore throat/sore chest started last night, and I'm feeling it that much more today.

I went home and took a quick 20 minute nap to hopefully revitalize myself. It may or may not have worked, I have no evidence to support either one.

I went to the Mayo Clinic website today and pretty much diagnosed myself. 2 main causes: smoking and cold/moist environments. VOILA! The recent crazy changes in the weather! Close to 60 degrees one day, rainy/misty one day, 20 degrees and snow flurries one day!

no wonder so many people blame their colds/coughs/afflictions on the changing weather! I usually thought of that reason as a "one size fits all" to explain catching the common cold.

But now, as I'm getting a little older, not only am I hearing about it, etc. but I am also experiencing it first-hand.

Yes, I partly caused this by smoking. (yes, I should quit AGAIN) and yes, the weather partly caused this also, and we all know that people have absolutely no control over the weather.

We like to keep the apartment on the cooler side- which is why I think I would thrive in year-round 60 to 70- degree weather.

So, I brought the last can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup to work this morning. I haven't even cracked it open. (I don't want to waste it!

But alas, what did I just find? An envelope of my Lipton Cup-A-Soup! (hearty chicken noodle, no less!)

Ok, back from the lunchroom, where I procured a styrofoam cup of hot water for my cup-a-soup.


When I get sick like this, I usually end up feeling pretty sorry for myself. This time is no exception, although I fully realize that I am partly to blame for my current situation.

I just rounded up my stash of current products, left over from the last time I was sick. I found: 2 doses of Alka-Seltzer Plus cold & cough, 2 Day-Quil gelcaps, and one Claritin-D.

When I went home for lunch today, I remember seeing an envelope of Theraflu in the medicine cabinet, too.

I'd better start searching for more... something tells me I'm going to need it. (and from what Josh said just a few minutes ago on the phone- he's going to need it too!)