#365DaysOfWriting – Day Nineteen
Getting a summer cold is quite… sickening (pun intended).
It’s been a slow day. It began with me going to the doctor to get medicines for my irritating summer cold. Then I settled down by starting to read The Multiversity (DC Comics – I’ll review it soon). Now, I’m watching the IPL.
Back to the topic at hand – isn’t it irritating when you get a cold during this humid, hot and icky weather?
A simple Google search throws up a million tips on how to combat this wearisome problem. And oh, it is wearisome indeed. Even when I’m hale and hearty, I sweat like a bear in a sauna. Now imagine a boa constrictor around this bear’s neck, and a clothes clip on its nostrils, and you’ve got a fair idea of what it feels like.
Life becomes a series of handkerchief and tissue interventions – hankies to wipe the sweat, and tissues to clean up your nose.
My handkerchief becomes a puddle of pulp at the end of a long day outdoors. And God knows how many trees I kill with the boxes of tissues I dispose of.
How do you tackle it? Here’s a useful little article.
