Wuzzles In Respiratory Distress

[plumtreeblossom]

beowabbit and I both are suffering from post-cold symptoms so severe that we sound like Victorian tuberculosis patients. If you'd been at rehearsal for War of the Worlds last night, you would have been led to believe that the Martians had brought an aggressive alien strain of consumption to Earth.* And this is post-cold; Wabbit suggested in text message that I may have contracted a second and additional strain, as I was a bit worse off than him last night (a reversal of the way things have been for the last two weeks). The over-the-counter meds are being taken liberally, and we expect to be well for performance next weekend. Still, yuck and ouch.

The weird thing is that the rest of our bodies aren't affected the way our poor respiratory systems are. I'm about to go do several hours of yard work and am looking forward to it on this beautiful autumn day. You'd think I'd want to be abed, but I don't at all. I just want to stop coughing, sneezing and blowing my poor chapped nose.


_{* Whether you're coming to the show or not, read the H. G. Wells novel. Microbes are mighty.}

Comments

[thorbol.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly sorry to hear about respiratory distress. When I get a cold, that's almost always the channel it uses to inflict its misery. Punch it out good!

[moria923.livejournal.com]

Actually I didn't enjoy the novel very much. I realize that it constituted really good hard SF for the time, with some really interesting ideas, like the Martians having those different mechanical "bodies" which they could use for different purposes. And I liked how he handled the moral aspect: that the Martians considered us such inferior beings that they could just run over us, and we have done the same to others. And the microbes thing was brilliant. What I didn't like, though, were the pages upon pages of description of panic and mayhem, with so little dialogue and characterization. I know BB1938 will have those things in spades, though, so I know I'll enjoy it much more than I did the novel.

What made it a great read for you?

[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

*hug* I'm sorry you're experiencing such misery!

Have you guys been checked out by a doc? If your symptoms are much more serious than usual, that's kinda worrisome.