I’m sure that in the next century or so, mankind will solve the problem of the common cold, contrary to what WebMD says. Today we can only attack some of the symptoms and then only at the peril of prolonging the time it takes for the body’s natural defenses to mount an effective counterattack. According to the medical web sites such as WebMD, there are so many different viruses that cause the cold, a vaccine will never be invented. Perhaps not in the way that’s been done before, but now that we can sequence the genome, why anything can happen!

It’s around midnight as I write this. I can’t sleep. I was quite exhausted last night, fell into bed around 9:30 and didn’t get up until around 11:30 this morning. Now everything except my stuffed up head thinks I’ve had enough sleep and can’t figure out why I’m trying to lay around in bed. That is most unhelpful as I’d really like to go to bed, sleep for many, many hours, and wake up feeling as much better from today as I now feel from yesterday. That’d be a real treat. The reality however will likely be that I’ll drive myself nuts trying to get some sleep, be an absolute bear all day tomorrow, and make no real progress on this dumb cold.

I did stay home today. Nina drove up for choir practice and then for our afternoon shift at the temple. She says we were very short staffed this afternoon on both the male and female sides of the temple. I would really rather have been there myself. For some reason they don’t have electricity into the temple and haven’t had any since Thursday. Everything is being run from generators. Hopefully that’ll be fixed real soon now!

I will be staying home from Church tomorrow as well. There’s no reason to be hacking and coughing up the chapel spreading this wealth to all who’ll come near. I think I’ve infected more than enough people last week while I was in California. I suspect the person who sleeps next in that bed might be in for real treat. Those germs weren’t very worn out when I left that hotel room.

So, I really want to get to the good drugs — the kind that actually treat the disease, not mask the symptoms — and dramatically reduce the length and severity of a cold. There’s an over-the-counter nasal spray Zicam that seemed to be effective if taken within 24-hours of the onset of the symptoms. Maybe I’ll go buy some for the next time!! A shorter cold cycle would definitely be a blessing. Before I die, I’m hoping we started to get to the good stuff!