Yes, I am sick. And not in a good way. (“Sick” is good these days, right?)
It’s such a shock for me to have a cold, because I literally cannot remember the last time I had one. It is, in fact, annoying as hell to have a cold.
It seriously cramps my style.
I have to admit, when I went to what I considered to be a less-than-savory music venue last Saturday evening, I wondered how things would shake out. I had a feeling. But, again, it had been so long since I’d had a cold that I was beginning to think I was untouchable by that nasty rhinovirus.
WRONG!
I felt okay Sunday.
Monday came around, and I felt a touch of something, but I just figured it was allergies. Anyway, I was starting Les Mills Combat, and I didn’t want to postpone it. I did the 35-minute introductory video, which was not too strenuous, because it just teaches the basic moves. I also did the Combat 30 Kick Start workout, which was pretty intense.
By Tuesday was fairly sure something was wrong, but I felt mostly okay, and I reasoned that it could still be just allergies, so I did the Combat 45 Power Kata, which I don’t think was the right DVD according to the prescribed sequence, but that’s beside the point. It wore me out. Good workout!
Wednesday, I knew I was sick, and Thursday, I made it through a business lunch before collapsing upon returning to the office. I laid on the floor for a few hours, listening to XM Fantasy Football Radio, and tried to feel better. I remained zombie-like for the rest of Thursday, went to sleep at 10, woke up at 2:30, back to sleep at 5:30, back up at 8:00 on Friday morning.
When I awoke Friday, I felt so much better. I went out for another business lunch, and stayed fairly productive all day.
So, Thursday seems to have been the worst of it. I hope so, anyway. I am recovering now, but all I can think about is, “How can I prevent this from happening again?”
I almost always have my hand cleanser with me. I didn’t haven’t it last Saturday, even though it was in the car, and I could easily have put it into my pocket. I had gotten a bit lax, apparently, so it’s time to step up the vigilance.
I remember back in the day, I used to get colds fairly often. I would treat the symptoms with the various OTC drugs. My favorite was Alka-Seltzer Cold Plus.
This time I was caught unaware and unprepared, but that didn’t make much difference, because I am not willing to take any of those OTC medications anyway. After all, I need my nose to run. I need to sneeze and cough. That’s my body getting the bad stuff out, right?
So, anyway, long story short: I’m sick.
I’m glad the NFL playoffs are on, because I’m not going anywhere.
I am eager to get back to Les Mills Combat. It mixes a lot of boxing and martial arts moves, which I find interesting and enjoyable, and — judging from the 2 workouts I did — it burns a whole lot of calories, really gets the heart pumping, and pushes the muscles to extremes. The instructors are weird, but not weird like they were in Les Mills Pump. In Pump they are fake-smiley-fitness-club-instructor weird. In Combat they are I-may-come-through-the-screen-and-kill-you weird. I much prefer the latter.
Here’s hoping you survive the cold and flu season better than I did. I read that the average adult gets a cold two or three times a year. Seriously? How do people do it? I am miserable….