I spent Thursday's snowstorm at [personal profile] adrian_turtle's; it was reasonably cozy and we had pot roast for supper, a good meal for that kind of day. When my mother asked on the phone Friday morning how I'd gotten there, I said "by bus, before the snow got bad."

Getting there was fine, but I seem not to have taken sufficient precautions against the cold on the trip home. (It was close to freezing when I was out on Thursday, and something like -12 C when I was waiting for the bus, and walking the couple of blocks at this end, on Friday afternoon.) I thought I had—breathe either through my nose or, if I need or want to take a deep breath through my mouth, inhale through my gloved hand [or other fabric).

A few hours after I got home, I was coughing some, and noticed an ache in my chest in a place that feels like the bottom of my lungs. This suggests I aggravated old lung damage (from going out in weather that turned much worse in the short time I was out), which I hoped had healed more than it seems to have. I think I am going to skip my political activist meeting for this evening, and that it would be imprudent to go to a rally/vigil for immigrants tomorrow morning.

I have been outside, because we needed more stuff from the supermarket than [livejournal.com profile] cattitude can reasonably carry, but now that I'm home again, I don't even want to get out of this chair.

I am waiting until six o'clock to decide about this evening (that gives me time either to get there, or to tell the organizer I can't make it before the meeting starts). Regardless of that, I am taking a break from marching in the streets at least until Tuesday, and probably until after Boskone.

ETA: I emailed the organizer of this evening's meeting at about 5:30 to tell her I wouldn't be able to make it.
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From: [personal profile] athenais


Really sorry to hear it. Hope you can get on top of it soon and definitely avoid the worst of the weather.
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From: [personal profile] replyhazy


Drat! sorry about that. Hope you feel better soon.
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