“The RoseBouquet”

Last week I came down with a sore throat and head cold again. Thinking it over as I tried my home remedies, I realized that it wasn’t like a virus caught from anyone else, but more like a generic head cold without the virus.

Then one morning I woke with a clear memory of a friend, a young mom with three kids, whose middle son was declared allergic to the cold by their doctor. I also recalled that my Mom used to get pneumonia whenever she got a mouth full of cold air. It suddenly came together for me, that this so-called ‘cold’ came upon me last week when I took to walking to my office again, but bucking very cold air and some winds.

Have you ever heard of an allergy to cold temperatures? When it wasn’t a joke?

I stayed in all weekend, (well, I intended to drive to church, but the car wouldn’t start at -36C, with a windchill making it like -48C). and this week I’m feeling much better. My voice still gets rough and scratchy if I talk too much, but I’m feeling more like myself.

Solution, I’m going to drive to the office until the temperatures come up some more.

And Yes! They are coming up this week. Right now it is only -15C and by the weekend it will be a mere -1 or even 0C. Oh that is going to feel so balmy! I think my spring fever is kicking in!

This doesn’t guarantee that we won’t have any more cold days, but hey, mid-February we are due for a temporary ‘thaw’ to give us hope.

Snowflake must be looking for spring too, as she spends extra time at the windows looking out.