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The Tower, Hohenzollern Castle, Mount Hohenzollern, above Hechingen, Germany, December 2008, Nikon D40, 35mm focal length equiv. 63mm, Exposure 1/250 sec @ f8, ISO 200, no flash, exposure bias -2/3 © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge] |
So how are your defenses? I thought mine were pretty strong -- eating healthy, getting regular exercise, and generally taking pretty good care of myself. Well, that all came crashing down on my last business trip. I don't know for sure what I have, but it seems to me like severe bronchitis -- we'll let the doc sort it out later today.
And then as for my running, it has been getting stronger, and a little bit easier. Still no where back to where I was during marathon season, but I guess that's what training programs are for. Until I got tripped up on a loop of metal (road detritus) and went crashing to the ground ... nose first. Ouch!
I was pretty amazed a driver stopped immediately right in the busy road, and got out his first aid kit and tried to help put humpty dumpty back together again. And within a minute, a police officer stopped as well, and was going to make arrangements for an ambulance. But it wasn't *that* serious, so I thanked them both profusely, and hobbled back to the hotel to clean up and raid *their* first aid kit.
Not a good combination -- gouged up nose with bandages that just about cover the nostrils and some kind of cold/bronchitis (think sneezing, running nose, with a wicked cough). My defenses have been trashed. I am (and look) officially pathetic.
I hope your defenses are in better shape. Something to keep in mind as you make your dietary and exercise selections each day. And maybe not hanging out with sick people ;-)
But this too shall pass and at some point, things will be back to normal humming on all cylinders. Lord only knows when ;-)
- Donation: KIVA loan to Félicité Kabassele
- Exercise: Walk with Frito (could have been a scene from night of the living dead, in my trench coat, hacking away) (30 mins)
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