Message 1201

Last night I came down with a head cold so I am not able to breathe through my nose. These are the same symptoms that Joshua had when he came over to watch the hockey and football games with me on Monday. I have sent Reggie a message that I had better skip Heidi’s Pies tomorrow so I don’t spread the germs to anyone else. The Economist arrived on Monday instead of Friday, so I finished reading it yesterday. I also watched disk 2 of the BBC dramatization of of Trollope’s novel He Knew He Was Right. It had an interesting biographical sketch of Trollope’s life too. He was an amazingly productive writer even though his subject matter was always British manners that seem so tedious to me. Aside from having to breathe through my mouth, I feel good today, that is I am not throwing up.

Message 1202

I am less congested today than yesterday, so I hope I will be able to breathe through my nose as normal within the next few days. Yesterday I read some more on my Kindle. In the evening I watched a PBS program on the physics of space and time. I had napped a lot during the day, so I watched Charlie Rose at midnight. I feel good today.