Breathing

Well, I thought I was being indulgent yesterday but today....

Apart from a visit from my mum and a five-minute look at the material I'm supposed to be teaching tomorrow, all I've done today is watch tv on my laptop- and eat frozen grapes.


I was supposed to be going geocaching with V but as my nose is completely blocked and I'm not feeling that great, the thought of going out for the afternoon in the freezing wind to look for something which someone else had hidden wasn't that appealing.  We've rescheduled it for next Sunday (cross your fingers for warm weather).

Another effect of this cold is that it's made me realise that I'm a nose breather.  I always assumed I was a mouth breather but since this cold has come back I haven't been able to inhale through my nose without considerable pain and, therefore, I've been breathing through my mouth - and feeling breathless a lot of the time.  Even just sitting still, and god help me when I lay down.  That is purgatory.  And I can't seem to get warm (yes, I know I'm eating frozen grapes but doesn't explain why my feet and hands - both of them- are cold).

Just in case I haven't made it clear, I feel awful (very awful) and gifts of ice-cream, chocolate and cuddles would be very welcome.  You know where I live, don't you?