(#5916) Difficult to write something with a head cold

      I do feel better this morning after a very difficult tossing and turning long night. My head felt like it was burning up with nasal congestion and hot watery eyes. Yet as of about 8 this morning I sense that I have passed from being in the throes of whatever this infection/virus was to recovering. I will still head back to bed after finishing this blog post just to make sure that I am in a recovery. It is strange how I tend to forget the demanding symptoms that occur when I catch something like this and being reminded is humbling. I did go to work yesterday knowing that something was amiss and kept a mask on in front of other folks.
     I used to worry about how me wearing a mask would affect others but since Covid the stigma of wearing a mask to protect others is now well known. Yesterday I had over the counter pain relief pills if I needed them but I didn't. I am fortunate that I have today off and don't go back to work until tomorrow. Which prompts me to really focus on getting better today. My self diagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder, which I at least think is partially true has me at this keyboard and not in my bed where I will be shortly. I was in bed trying to go back to sleep but my obsession with getting out my daily blog post wouldn't give me any peace.
     So up I am working nothing of any importance besides me about my current physical malady. I expect I have at least 25 minutes to give to writing this post. I am well into writing this last paragraph about my head cold and why. I find it is a positive thing to be obsessed with something that is important to us. Not to some degree that is unhealthy but to at least motivate us toward a goal. As I said earlier I feel like I am coming out of this short icky physical attack but I won't know for sure until tomorrow when I gear up again to go to work. I knew I was tired over the last many weeks and possibly this was my body telling me to stop the constant motion and be more at peace with myself.