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Courtesy, I believe, of the Chicago O'Hare Airport - again.  We flew to Indiana to spend the Christmas week with family.  It took us two days to get there due to flight cancellations.  Our luggage arrived a day before we were due to depart.  Our return flight was delayed such that it took us another two days to get back home.  If we can help it, we will try to never fly through Chicago again.  It's just too windy!

Anyway, along the way (or perhaps before I left), I picked up a cold.  It lingered in the gestational stages for the first few days of our trip, presenting the usual tickly throat, "kinda feeling funny" symptoms.  Then the day we were due to return home...WHAM!  A full-fledged head cold, complete with runny nose (and amazingly completely clogged at the same time, never ceases to amaze me), weepy eyes, sneezing, you name it.  The only thing missing so far is a fever, which I really wish I had because at least it would burn off the germs!

So, when folks ask how our holidays were, it's a mixed bag answer:  the time with family was lovely, the traveling was horrendous.  But now we're home, and I'm wrapped up in two pairs of socks, sweats, the "sick hat" and a big, wonderful crochet shawl my sister gave us a few years ago.  This morning I had a long soak in an aroma-therapeutic bath.  I've been eating garlic, Alpha-20 C, Esberitox, drinking plenty of fluids and using my neti pot morning and night.  I carry around my cup of Desert Sage tea, my hottie (a very timely gift from my mother-in-law, she made a felted cozy for it and I'm telling you - it's SOOOOO great!  The wool warms up and makes it much nicer to hold close than icky rubber, plus it stays hot longer), and a box of tissues.  My sore, chapped nose is slathered in Arbordoun's Caledula Cream (and so far it hasn't started peeling!), and I'm investigating methods for making my own, non-scary (why does the original have turpentine in it?????) "Vapor Rub"....oh yeah, and resting.  :-)

Heck, the last two days I've been so sick that I didn't even knit!  Now, the knitters among you will understand that this fact alone proves the severity of my cold.  During the week of travel and family time I did manage to get a good deal worked on Mr. Greenjeans and I finished a Snow on Cedars fingerless mitt (the other is just barely cast on).  Rob's sweater has a sleeve to the point of ribbing (though it was not brought on our trip).  So, while I'm recuperating...at least, once I'm up to it...I have plenty of knitting to keep me busy.

That's good, since I'm officially on orders to "take it easy".  Perhaps I can take some photos later this week.  Here's to our health!

Comments

[Duchess]

Good Grief! I hope you are feeling better by now.

[Esberitox]

Nice information

[Esberitox]

Nice information