Mailbox and virus

I figured I'd better post a picture of the fruits of all my labors yesterday. I attached the mailbox itself to the post this morning and here's the finished product. Who knew it would be such a struggle to accomplish this? I hope my mail carrier is properly grateful. The old mailbox did indeed come out with one not-very-strong yank. The post on the old one was wood and the 4 x 4 was rotten at the point where it was cemented into the ground. It's amazing it hung on as long as it did. That old mailbox was hit by a vehicle at one time and probably cracked at the cement level, which I imagine is what allowed it to rot slowly since then. It definitely wouldn't have lasted much longer since it took so little effort for me to pull it out. The new post is metal so I shouldn't have rotting issues. I'm a little proud that I managed to put this mailbox in. I hope it decides to stay there. It feels solid, but you never know.

The other thing I was going to discuss this morning is: I have a cold. *unhappy frown* My immune system is really good; I'm one of those people who is almost never sick. And like most people who don't get sick, I'm in serious denial that a tiny little virus can lay me low. However, my immune system has been struggling with this damn thing for 5 days now. Last Wednesday morning I got up with a scratchy throat. It was one of those scratchy throats that could be due to allergies, or I slept with my mouth open, or a cold is trying to take hold, so I didn't worry about it too much. By Friday, my ear canals and ears were also burning/hurting, but the throat was still just scratchy so I basically just tried to ignore it all. However Friday night I slept badly, waking up coughing multiple times. So I got up Saturday morning thinking, "Okay, so now I have to admit, I have a cold, but so what? It's just a cold. I'm draggy and don't have much energy, but I'm going to put a new mailbox in and mow my lawn , etc. etc." That lasted through the mailbox post, but then I had no energy left. Last night I had more coughing bouts, and this morning I got up with a raging sore throat and aching ears and ear canals. Plus I'm losing my voice. *sigh* Five days out, and the virus seems to be winning. Today I need to mow my lawn, which I will do as soon as the dew dries up a little. And I'm doing all my usual Sunday chores, along with finishing the mailbox. I'll admit though, once I get through those I'll probably try to rest and let my body concentrate on this "tiny little virus". I hesitate to say, "at least it hasn't set up house-keeping in my sinuses and become a head cold also" for fear of jinxing myself. I'm also to the stage of considering taking something, instead of just letting the body deal with it. My immune system and sleep usually cure whatever ails me without resorting to meds. But the coughing and sore throat may need some sort of treatment. We'll see.

This weekend was supposed to be slightly cooler than last week, but it hasn't been so far. Temperatures are hanging just below 100 in the afternoon, and this morning when I stepped out before sunrise it was still 80 degrees. Not a cloud in the sky. HOT. Seems that it will probably be a hot and dry summer. My poor water bill. Still, I need to do my best to keep my lawn alive this year since it's making a comeback from late last year.

On the other hand . . . tsukareta!!!!! Damn I'm tired. This heat is not really conducive to outside stuff. I just finished mowing the back yard, and it's probably a good thing I decided the front yard didn't need mowing. Now why do I want to keep this lawn alive? Oh, yeah. It's pretty out there.

I'm going to go cool off . . . somehow. Later.