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12/18/2013: "Snow and more Snow and Hacking Cough Cancellations"

I tried to take it easy the whole weekend. Other then going out Sunday to clear off my car AND move it for the plow to clean the parking spaces, I stayed in to help alleviate this stubborn cold that has me coughing like a smoker. Sunday was pretty cold out there - the short time... well, it may have been about an hour to hour and half... I did get a little bit of wind burn on my face. Didn't realize it until Monday morning when it was hurting and looked a bit red. And because my jeep is good for this kind of driving, Pat hopped a ride into work with me. She didn't want to try to drive in it. I don't blame her. I wouldn't have either if I didn't have this wonderful car that I still absolutely love. And because I promised her we'd get to Costco, I cancelled my hair appointment to do that after work as well as cancelling my scope procedure for Friday (due to the coughing fits). And so we did get to Costco, but I started up my deep cough again and felt the pulling or strain in my shoulder from it. She wants me to go to the doctor again and I thinking no, it's just a lingering cold at this point. Not nearly as bad as the prior two weeks. Yes, I'm on week three with this thing.

Mentioning we were getting MORE snow on Tuesday, she asked to hop a ride again. Is all good with me. Snow started about noonish and went continuously through the rest of the work day and the Christmas party, slowing down by eight p.m. when we were getting out of work. Drifts as well made the walking to the lot to retrieve my car a bit difficult. The plows didn't get out so the street was really messy. Got my car cleaned off and drove back to the door to collect Pat as she wouldn't have been able to make it to the parking lot safely. When I got home, the drifts were quite high in my usual parking space, so I parked on the other side where I knew I could get at my car for the morning.

So I've cancelled my hair appointment, my scope procedure, my physical therapy for my back, my two other doctor follow ups for my back and my chiropractor left me a call to come in as well. So far, the only thing I got rescheduled is the scope for the end of January. The bulk of this cancelling appointments is the horrendous coughing I'm doing. I can't breath well enough yet to go through the procedure of course and yeah, they won't do it if I'm sick anyway. The other ones - pt, follow ups... are also because of my coughing fits. I don't want to go into the doctor offices where possibly someone could pick this up... and yeah I know, I've been going to work... but they've seen the worst of it and know I'm not contagious now, yet still concerned with how bad I cough. Still haven't recovered my voice yet. I'm doing all the cough stuff to alleviate some of it, and that too causes some stress for my Crohn's. My stomach isn't liking some of the ingredients is just politely saying what that is doing to me. This has been a rough month for me and I've never seen a cold stick so long as this one has been doing. It's wearing me out.

So then. It's getting time to prepare for work. I'm so looking forward to another weekend so I can just kick back and chill... oh wait, Christmas dinner foods to be bought... and I haven't wrapped the gifts yet and... oh wow, I didn't get my tree up yet. I think I'll skip the tree. I can't get enough energy up for that. Ah well.

Good Day and Good Blessings.