28 November 2005

the usual - but different

every year, without fail, the holidays arrive on the tails of an illness, or instigate one. this Thanksgiving is no different. i have developed a cough. it's still just a little cough, but i can definitely feel the little buggers multiplying.

i don't think it was because of too many people who don't wash their hands, however, this year, as my holiday was Very tight family only. an 18.5 pound bird goes a long way to stuffing 4 adults and a baby.

it could be some of the stress of the holiday... and the fact that (as much as i denied it) i allowed the volume of food i was preparing to stress me out.
it could be from the fatigue of more than two weeks of sleepless nights and ugly dreams
it could be (my mother would definitely pin it here) the wet and cold of splitting wood on Sunday

regardless, i have the cough

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