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Exhaustion from Friday decided it wanted a bigger role, and decided to try out for lead cold in the Spring staging of George Mucus's classic "Snot!" this weekend. Rave reviews, "Mucus's return to Snot raises great expectorations!" and "Mucus makes his way right next to your heart with Snot"

Why don't I ever get sick during the work week? No it only happens when i think I have time to rest: weekends and vacations. Last year it was two weeks of misery in Hawai'i as a sinus infection had its way with me. This year it is a come home and collapse on Friday, malaise Sat, Sun, Monday cold that will linger in my chest for the next week. Yech.

So last night I start feeling better, and decide to do the first "wash the floor boards and window sills" since December. This would otherwise be known as spring cleaning, but since I started at 6 pm and gave up after 2 hours, I will call it the "kill the dust bunnies" emergency cleaning.

Evil:
Cambridge air is evil. I had done this soap and bucket cleaning in December and I still managed to go through a bucket of water for every two windows. The towels were coming off the sill black, I had no idea that much gunk had accumulated in 3 months, even with regular sweeping and vacuming.
The blinds were truly horrific. If you haven't cleaned your blinds, then don't, just throw them out and get new ones. It will be less traumatic.

Nyquil is evil. I took some on Sunday Night because of the lousy sleep I got on Saturday. No luck, I was up at midnight and couldn't get back to sleep until 3 am. So Monday morning comes and I still feel crappy, but I intend to work from home. I figure what harm can a second dose of this stuff do, since the first failed to knock me out. Wham, flat on my back on the couch( fouton of doom, not a good sleeping surface) until 3pm. Finally found the Robitussin, which tastes just as yucky.

Good:
My wife, on the other hand, is an angel of goodness and light. She brought me nasty, msg-loaded, Nissin Cup Noodles, my favorite "I'm Sick, Coddle Me" food. And she got oranges, orange juice, tea, more honey for said tea, and made sure I had Robitussin instead of nasty Nyquil. Yay!