Fall into Cold Season

Happy first cold, yucky-thing of the season to me! You know that lingering grossness that happens after the first cold front after the first "warm-up" of the fall? Yup, that's where I am right about now. I've been kinda iffy the past few days, and I was hoping, nay praying, that it was just allergies, but by about 8:30 tonight, I knew it wasn't anything that nice. Full blown cold, I do declare. I'm already prepared with lots of tea, Advil Cold & Sinus, and a surprisingly calm week coming up...perfect for slowly getting work done this weekend and then beginning an intensive recuperation day on Monday (aka. sitting on my ass, eating leftovers from any cooking that I may manage over the weekend, watching crappy tv, and trying not to let myself get sicker). As miserable as I am, it could be worse, I guess. If a cold is going to mess with my stomach hardcore, it usually starts when I'm at that "oh, it's just allergies" stage of the cold process. And I seem to be doing pretty well. The medicine for that is here, too, waiting just in case. Going to sleep early and probably deciding that shopping tomorrow isn't a good idea, for me or the people who probably don't want to contact my germs...but we'll see how I'm feeling. I may get a little stir-crazy.