A little over a week ago, I came down with a cold for a few days and gamely fought through it, discovering in the process that the
ultimate weapon one can wield against a nasty cold is
10 hours of sleep. "Sweet sleep" as the Greeks would say. I shared this with my friend Anna, which apparently proved somewhat inspirational. For lo and behold, what did I find waiting for me on my doorstep the other day but a package from Anna! A real genuine-article package from a real person! (this doesn't happen that often, so by itself it is worthy of celebration) When I opened the package, the descriptive instructions (hand-written onto the packaging itself, I might add) boldly declared the contents to be The (chronologically incorrect)
Penultimate Cold-Fighting Weapon! Hallelujah!
The ginger cookies (by Anna, the box says so) and the Sleepytime tea thus far have done the best to sustain me during this dangerous time of dubiously-obtainable patterns of regular sleep, but surely the
Emergen-C and
Ricola will bring their preservational powers to bear when a sally is needed against the ever-present cold foe.
But mostly, it warms the heart to know you have cool and thoughtful friends.
(PS - those commercials in the links above are pretty funny)
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