2024 Life Logs, Day 299: Still Fighting the Cold
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024
Weather: Mostly Sunny; High Temp 64, Low 37 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
It has been a bit of a mysterious day in terms of this cold I have. I woke up feeling good. No sniffles. It felt like I had kicked the cold, so Shadow and I took off on a long walk downtown and back. I still felt good when we returned, but to be on the safe side, I decided to eat breakfast and take a nap so I would have plenty of energy to go to Ollie’s soccer game in Lakeview, which is off Cape, this afternoon. I cuddled up on the couch with an afghan Heather made for her dad. I got it out on Friday when I felt so bad and was a bit chilled. When I got up from the nap, I felt a little sniffly, but I thought it was just because I been lying down. I got in the car to drive to Lakeview, and it wasn’t long before I realized I was all the way back to where I was yesterday. I felt horrible and just couldn’t figure out why. My eyes were so weepy I could hardly see the road and the sniffles had turned to a faucet. Before I got to the bridge, I had to turn around and head home. Things got no better as the afternoon progressed, but I had to go out to buy a few food items, so I did that. Heather had sent a message saying it was sunny and beautiful down on the beach and that maybe I should come sit and read on the beach. I did go by the beach and said hello to Heather, but decided not to stay because I was so sniffly. But even while I was standing there talking to her, the sniffles got a bit better. Why the instant reversal? I mentioned to her that maybe I am allergic to something in my living room since I get better if I am in the bedroom overnight or out of the house. I came home, fixed dinner, and continued to get better. Then I curled up on the couch with that afghan again, and almost instantaneously I got worse. So, my theory is that I am allergic to that afghan and since I have a cold already, it just compounds the situation. It has been about an hour since I put the afghan away, and already I am better. I sure hope the mystery is solved and that I keep going in a positive direction from here forward.
