I don’t get sick very often, (despite not ever getting a flu shot again after a bad experience back in the 90s), but this week something got me. It started the other afternoon with some achiness and a general sense of feeling unnaturally tired. I initially wrote it off as residual exhaustion from a week that included some fun social events, 26 miles of running and a couple of yoga classes. My symptoms expanded to hot and cold extremes not easily explained by mere menopause, a dry nighttime cough and a complete lack of motivation to do much of anything other than eat and sit on the couch. Yuck, I think I’m sick.
Checking in around my sweet neighborhood, I’ve come to learn that at least 4 other DelSo-ites are (or recently have been) feeling the same way. So today, from my perch in the sun on my back deck, I’m warning you to resist the urge to come hang out on our block. Unless, of course, you’re bringing soup and hot toddy fixings. If that’s the case, swing on by. We’re all home from work today.
Do you get a flu shot? What are your tips to stay healthy? What helps you get better?
DelSo 
I try to remember to get a flu shot. Usually get one, but didn’t last year. I also rely on a little bourbon after everyone else goes to bed…I call it my nightly flu shot. And the first thing I do when I feel that tickle or sneeze that makes you think a cold is coming: get my face into a steaming bowl of pho.
I’m totally with you on your remedies, other than the actual flu shot. Where do you go for pho?