Well, it got me. Despite my flu shot and doing my best to eat well, take my vitamins, get enough sleep, and stay healthy, I caught a cold this weekend. It started with a tickle in my throat Thursday night. I could feel my body fighting it on Friday during my conference session, and while I thought I got the better of it on Saturday, it proved to get the better of me on Sunday. Even taking Tylenol cold night time medication, I had a horrible sleep, waking up almost every hour completely congested and/or needing to go to the bathroom. I finally surrendered fully to it and booked the day off at 3am.

I’m not usually someone that can sleep in without getting a head-ache, but I didn’t even get up for breakfast until after 11am. The good news is that I think I’m over the worst of it. I haven’t had to pump more cold medication into me for almost 8 hours now, and I can breathe easily, with minimal sniffling. I’ll be sure to take some meds tonight before bed, and I should be (almost) back to normal tomorrow.

Reflecting back, I think it has been over a year since I’ve been sick with a cold. It has been a good run of staying healthy, and as I recover today, let’s hope I start a new healthy streak.