So I show up for school and two days of setting everything up, meeting people, and finding class stuff turned into the two incubation days of Kyle's Cold. It unleashed it's wrath after Tracy's Marill whipped my Bulbasaur's butt in Pokemon Puzzle League for the 11th time and I angrily (and stuffily) turned off the N64.
Getting sick is never fun. I hate getting sick. I almost hate mosquitoes more, but those bugs are usually night time only and with a gentle breeze you can carry them away. A Cold is much more persistent. It never backs down. I found there are three types of colds, each having a different effect when Daytime/Nightime remedies are used.
Cold #1 - 1-2 days tops
Symptoms: Sniffles, Some Nose Blowing, Headaches, Mild Fever, Tired but no hump day of disaster
When you catch a rank 1 cold, it is usually because you didn't wash your hands or something stupid like that or maybe you aren't eating right. Either way this isn't really anything but your body saying: "Why go jogging at 3 AM when you've been eating nothing but yodels all week?"
Remedy Results: Instant gratification
When you take the meds, you don't even know your sick. You might feel the "I'm on cold meds" high, but that's about it. It's like using an atomic bomb on plankton.
Cold #2 - 3-5 days tops
Symptoms: Sniffles, Sinus Pressure and Leakage (lots of nose blowing), Mild Fever, Aches and Tiredness, Mild Coughing, Hump Day of Disaster
This is something you can't control. You touched something, were near someone you shouldn't have been, whatever you did you got sick from a source of suffering. Maybe you just didn't remember to clean that book you read when you were sick and read it again with all those germies on it. This is something that your body knows how to handle... but it needs to remember how. This takes at least one day from that "Oh god, I'm getting sick" feeling. During your hump day you feel terrible, but you know there is worst things out there.
Remedy Results: Cold Rank 1 Symptoms
The meds don't kick in right away, but they do the job after a while. You feel better but people around you know your sick and stay away. You suffer with your tissue box next to you knowing that it will all pass in a day or two. During hump day you'll feel like a Rank 3 and pray the meds work better than the box says. Straight Liquid Remedies are your best friend against Rank 2 Colds.
Cold #3 - One to Two Weeks of Suffering
Symptoms: All of the above at Maximum Discomfort
You know why those people died back in the days. It is that bad. You lie there suffering, knowing you have to work, go to school, or do some other important thing... but you know that they won't believe you can't move. Only if they see you suffering will they understand. Pull yourself together and show them the disgusting you! They will send you away packing ASAP and you'll get your rest. The fresh air is good for you anyways.
Remedy Results: Am I really taking meds right now?
You begin to wonder if people really make those remedies just for money. You still feel horrible even when you take them, but you know your really taking them so you can sleep through most of the night (or day). The hump day is the worst and I do recommend just sitting down with a can of Vick's Vapor Rubs and inhaling it while you watch your favorite TV show or Movie. It will be over before you know it. At least you feel like you are resting cause your body aches so much. Just try to survive and prove to those who died that you are strong!
I currently have Rank 2 on my cold meter. I'm into day 2 and I just passed hump day. I expect I'll feel like crap in the morning, but with plenty of meds and a hot shower I'll be ready to go. I need to get some Vapor Rubs though. That and Dayquil (or Daytime) works wonders. I just don't like being sick when I have school all day and at night tomorrow. :-( At least I got sick early when classes are short introductions to the lessons for the semester...
(Sniffle)
