I've been sick for the past several days and I don't think I ever really appreciate how good I normally feel until I feel awful, which is probably true for most everyone in the world.
This illness started with a cough that I believe I developed while shoveling snow. Have you ever been outside in the winter (in a cold-weather climate) doing some activity where you get sweaty, but you're still quite cold otherwise? Yeah, that's what happened to me. I shoveled snow for about two hours last Wednesday morning after the Groundhog's Day Blizzard. I went inside to rest and found myself shivering because I'd just had a two-hour workout in 20 degree temperatures. When I went outside later in the day to finish shoveling, I ended up not wearing a hat after a while because I had warmed up again. This also proved to be an error on my part and I wound up with a cough originating from my chest.
The cough ended up getting worse and is now better but has turned into a head/chest cold that makes me fuzzy-brained with or without medication.
Luckily I feel well enough to exercise (inside this time) tonight and I'll be happy to get back to yoga and some light weight-lifting.
Thus the vow to take better care of myself. Eat well. Exercise. Rest.
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