I got sick, it was only a little sinus flare up. Which normally I just take a mild decongestant for and battle it out for a few days. But this time I decided I'm going to use Billy's time honored "rest cure" and just to be safe a decongestant which here means Actifed. (Turns out that the non-drowsy kind of Claritin that I use in the States is only by prescription here.)
Ever since I have known Billy he has always just climbed in bed and stayed there for 24 hours whenever he feels something coming on and it has a 99% track record for leaving him good to go the next day. My problem is that there is always something I just HAVE to do so unless I am REALLY sick I can't take the time off. Not this time and the weather was perfect for sleeping, rainy, gray and on the cool side.
And guess what it works!!! In fact until I realized that the Actifed was making me drowsy I almost spent two days prone! However I noticed at some point this morning that my throat didn't hurt anymore and so I got up and went to Tai Chi! I love Tai Chi even though it is all in French. I understand most of what is being said and I know this because a very nice woman, named Nancy, occasionally translates for me and most of the time I'm not surprised. I understand a lot more than I can say and I guess that is better than the reverse.
The weather here is doing the best impression of Seattle that it can muster. Occasionally it will get overwhelmed by the natural season and the sky will be blue and it gets warm, 80 degrees or so. When that happens all the streets sprout tables and awnings and the whole city seems to go out for coffee at the same time. It's like the mushrooms in the fall one day there are none the next day they are everywhere. I feel sorry for the cafe owners this variation in weather has got to be cutting into their business.
I hope to have more to report soon but between the weather and the Actifed......it could take a few days.
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