Coldarain

I guess it was just last month that I was telling anyone who would care to listen that I haven't been affected by cold for a long time. Well, then the rains came and things changed! Now, I am perpetually clearing my nose, bringing up phlegm from the back of my throat, coughing, wheezing, and doing all those pathetic things that we do when we aren't very well. Add to that severe body pain and ache, and you can confidently say that I am sick.

I've never been a good patient. I get cranky and restless (more than usual, I mean) when I am afflicted with something. In fact, my activity level is directly proportional to the severity of my disease. The more serious it is, the more my activity level would be. All those forbidden things, which I would happily shun during happier times, would come tempting during my illnesses. Back in 1987, when I and my brother were both affected by chicken pox, we made living hell for the rest of the family. We would stay awake at night, keep reciting poems, reading passages from the text, and would be dying to go to school. Of course, by the time we were finally cured, the enthusiasm levels had dropped much lower.

I am not sure about my brother nowadays, but I continue to display those traits even now. I rarely take an off from work when I am sick. I guess the underlying sadist in me would like to spread the illness and get everyone affected. Maybe, my illness is more to do with the mind than the body. Maybe, I should have been a study material for Freud. Maybe, maybe.........

This current situation that I find myself in was more a result of the climatic changes in Bangalore. The weather, which was bordering on being hot, suddenly changed because of the rains coming, and promptly I was reminded of the fragile state of my health. Add to that the fact that I have been pretty busy this whole week and you get a perfect recipe for disaster. That hasn't stopped me from coming to work, though. I have packed a whole bunch of tissues and am constantly blowing into it. Everyone working in the same floor are looking at me with suspicion, wondering whether they are going to be the recepients of my largesse. I have off only day after tomorrow, which means that rest is still some way away. Hope I get enough tissues to blow my nose into.