Catching a cold

Only a month into autumn, real winter is still two months away and I've managed to catch a cold. The signs have been with me for a few days, not that it always means it will develop into the full blown condition. Even now it's centered in my upper chest and throat but I awoke this morning with a boulder sized headache and decided to cash in a sick day from the cube farm. I've got the meds I'll need, a bit of breakfast, coffee, checked e-mail, read yesterday's fishwrap, read a bit of the book of the moment and done some napping already and still an hour from lunchtime. Probably repeat the process this afternoon to some extent. I have yet turned on the TV or any music/radio stuff, accompanied only by the sounds from the road, dogs moving from one place to lay to another, the wind blowing steadily through the trees with their multi-colored leaves as the foliage reaches it's peak in these parts. The dogs get a reprieve from a day in the pen, they take advantage to go in and out on a whim at their convenience as opposed to the mending human getting his rest. Don't blame them a bit.