Beth vs the Cold 5/22/09

So I have a big stupid cold that has been kicking my ass for the past two weeks. The last couple of days have been the worst.. I can't stop coughing and sneezing and sniffling to save my life.. grrrr It sucks. cough,cough And on top of it all... today is the first day of my 4-day memorial weekend. I had planned all these cool things that I wanted to do but I am in no condition to do much of anything! Soooo I made a promise to myself that I was going to do at least on thing on my weekend list if it killed me. I have been wanting to go to one of the many botanical gardens in the LA area for a while so I decided that I would go to Descanso Gardens with Steve on Friday the 22nd. This morning I got up and used my complete arsenal of cold medicine to help me through the afternoon.. I began my day with the following items:

• Dayquil (two tablets)
• Zycam cold remedy (applied directly to the nose)
• Zycam cough spray
• Vicks Vapo-run for my sore nose
• Antiviral Kleenex
• Purell (So as not to spread the germs)
  
• I also brought some with me just in case
  
• Sunblock because I am practically an albino :)

After I took all this stuff... I felt funny but slightly better.. at least I could say a whole sentence in between coughs. I would also like to note that I picked Descanso Gardens because I thought that there would be less of a chance of me spreading my germs to the general public.