I can buy your chronic cold symptoms as either a direct manifestation of stress, or one of those stress leads to lowered immune response which leads to catching every damned bug that passes within a 20 yard radius of you.

Oh, me too. I always, ALWAYS manage to rally very well in the midst of stress, and this summer was no exception. I feed people, run errands, do whatever they need me to (including pray the Rosary). But damn if I don't crash hard afterward. And the thing is, it takes a while for the crash to happen, like my subconscious stays on alert for a month or two afterwards, just in case more trauma happens. THEN I hit the wall.

Somebody in our neighborhood took a snowblower all the way around the sidewalk, so once we get the driveway plowed, the only thing left is the walk between the sidewalk and the front steps. Of which the bottom two are completely covered in snow. That says a LOT about how much wind blew the snow around, because there is not so much as a dimple showing where I had shoveled yesterday.

ETA: Did I mention that I am extremely grateful for the snow-blowing? I am. A lot. Very. Superlatively.

Steph and Jilli, take care of yourselves!

My dinner is goat cheese on baguette, clemenntines, and an apple. And I'm watching PS I Love You. I'm going to regret that, aren't I?

Just concentrate JDM with an Irish accent. It'll be all good.

And get a box of tissue, just in case.

Yay for neighborhood snow-blowing benefactor.

The biggest problem with P.S. I Love You is Hillary Swank, whom I cannot buy as a romantic leading lady in any way, shape or form.

But the male eye candy in that movie makes up for it.

Blech. Just woke up from a nap with an asthma attack, and my sinuses and ear hurt. Why can't my respiratory system just work the way it's supposed to?

it takes a while for the crash to happen, like my subconscious stays on alert for a month or two afterwards, just in case more trauma happens. THEN I hit the wall.

Ahahahaha. Yes, I am very familiar with this sort of pattern.

Whooo, I had a (not-really-a-surprise) SA, meara, and Plei visit! And they brought me Candy Cane Jo-Jos!

(Pete, after they had left: "Do you want me to take the rest of those to D&D tomorrow?"

Me, clutching the box to my bosom: "Nooooo! I am putting them in the freezer. They are MY JO-JOS.")

My goodness, Jilli! What a testament to your strength of will that you have been able to function at ALL with both E-B AND Lyme. Gracious. That would put lesser mortals down.

I'm going to give the fungi perfecti preparation a try and can highly recommend Wellness Formula by Source Naturals. It is the one supplement my local health food store runs out of. It really helped me last winter and given that I'm now, post-pneumonia, I'll be looking to it for support this year!

What a testament to your strength of will that you have been able to function at ALL with both E-B AND Lyme. Gracious. That would put lesser mortals down.

I just assumed that everyone else always felt run down, borderline exhausted, and creaky, so there was no point fussing about it. (When I told my doctor that, she honest-to-God facepalmed.)