My nose is both runny and my throat hurts.

I’m getting over a cold. My nose is raw from how many times I’ve had to blow it. Even name brand tissue feels like sandpaper after several dozen uses. My kidneys probably hate me for drinking cough syrup at the minimum safe interval for a few days on end. The smell of a cough drop is now off-putting.

I think about this sometimes. Also sometimes I like to just give my fingers a wiggle to cherish that I can just, like, do that. I was in a bad bike accident a couple years ago (no serious lasting harm) and when I was on the ground right after I was like “oh no oh no ok ok extremity check can I still move everything?”

I have what I’m pretty sure is gustatory rhinitis, except it’s triggered by eating anything, not just spicy food, so I definitely do appreciate the times when my nose isn’t running. All 5 minutes a day that it’s not.

I have a very bad cold right now. Sorry, respiratory system, I won’t take you for granted ever again.