{"id":5569,"date":"2019-05-01T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T16:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getalifebooks.com\/blog\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2025-01-03T00:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:44:06","slug":"one-last-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getalifebooks.com\/blog\/blog\/2019\/05\/01\/one-last-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"One last cloud…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday morning I woke up with a scratchy throat. It was mild and annoying, but I chalked it up to allergies because we’d had the windows open most of the week and trees are the devil. I expected it to ease up as the day went on, but it actually started to get worse. By late afternoon I felt like I got hit by a bus. But I was in denial and wrote it off to the fact that I hadn’t been able to eat food until after 3PM. I had to fast for a blood test earlier in the day, but everything took much longer than anticipated so I didn’t get to eat until much later than expected. By bedtime, I knew I had a cold.<\/p>\n

Great.<\/p>\n

Being at home all the time, I don’t get sick much. Not like when I had a job, or was going to school and I picked up a minimum of two different plagues every single winter. Bob doesn’t get sick much, but when he does bring something home from work, I usually catch it. He hasn’t been sick this time, so I don’t know where exactly I caught it from, but we’re hoping he stays healthy.<\/p>\n

This is the first cold I’ve had since before my surgery. It’s been weird, because despite the disgusting amount of mucus pouring out of my face, I could still mostly breathe through my nose. Usually I spend the duration of a cold breathing through my mouth because everything is swollen shut, so at least I had that going for me while I felt like death.<\/p>\n

On Day Six, things seem to be moving out of my system. Which is also surprising, because usually things take a good two weeks to clear out. We’ll see how long the residual crud hangs around.<\/p>\n

You know—according to the internet a temperature of 99.x<\/i> isn’t considered a fever.<\/p>\n

The chills, sweats, and full-body aches call bullshit on that little “rule.”<\/p>\n

 
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—<\/p>\n

Top 10 Most Played Artists for April 2019…<\/b><\/p>\n

1.)<\/b> O.A.R. …<\/b> 740 plays<\/p>\n

2.)<\/b> Nine Days …<\/b> 309 plays<\/p>\n

3.)<\/b> Matchbox Twenty …<\/b> 186 plays<\/p>\n

4.)<\/b> Splender …<\/b> 183 plays<\/p>\n

5.)<\/b> Parachute …<\/b> 148 plays<\/p>\n

6.)<\/b> Billy Joel …<\/b> 127 plays<\/p>\n

7.)<\/b> Matt Nathanson …<\/b> 124 plays<\/p>\n

8.)<\/b> Tonic …<\/b> 110 plays<\/p>\n

9.)<\/b> Gavin DeGraw …<\/b> 50 plays<\/p>\n

10.)<\/b> The Fray …<\/b> 40 plays<\/p>\n

Honorable mention:<\/b> Emerson Hart, Sister Hazel, 2AM Club, Survivor<\/p>\n

Total of 2,129<\/b> plays of 555<\/b> tracks from 92<\/b> albums by 27<\/b> artists.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/td>\nWonderful
\nNine Days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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