What matters is that it is just a cold. I've been miserable for a few days now and my internet search "how to treat a cold" tells me that the average length of a cold is one to two weeks. Seriously, I played librarian and searched for ways to treat my cold - it's been years since I've had one! Which leads me to retirement - it's much easier to treat a cold when you are retired. You just stock up on tea, crank up the cold mist vaporizer, spray the sheets with lavender chamomile from Bath and Body Works - and get into bed. And you stay there for as long as you like! If you have to cancel plans, you can just reschedule for next week.
Even without a cold, this has been a difficult week - actually, the past few weeks have been. When I started a blog I had no idea death would get so much coverage. C has two friends who have recently lost their mothers, just at that time in life when mothers and daughters have attained complete comfort in their relationship. And yesterday we attended the funeral of a young man who grew up across the street from us. J and his brothers played with our girls and then went on to become a wonderful husband and father to his own sweet children. His death, at 31 reminds us of what matters. And it's NOT a cold, or the complications of financing a new kitchen in these tough economic times, or the broken hot water heater that ruined all the carpeting in the rec room.
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