I don’t have much of a battle cry at the moment. High-five yourself, really?

Just got back from Texas with a cold. I live in El Paso but that’s how I think of it, going to Texas. El Paso feels different.
I tested negative for covid, so it’s apparently just a cold. Something that produces lots of ectoplasm.
I’ve been so focused on avoiding the vid that I haven’t had a cold for three years. I forgot about these damn things. They really suck.
Funny how COVID changed our whole attitude about getting sick. It was such a pain in the ass it makes being regular sick kinda nostalgic.
Remember when every sitcom had to have an everyone at the office has the flu episode, played for comedy? And all those cold and flu remedies that were practically little sitcoms.

You could have a lively conversation about which brand worked the best or what grandma used to give you (cranberry juice, vinegar, butter and bacon grease).
It was part of the culture.
Yes we knew staying home from work while sick was the polite thing to do. But what was the worst that could happen, someone could catch a cold?
I remember being proud of myself for putting out an issue of the paper while delirious with fever. Some of the stories came out kinda strange.
These days the  pep talks on the Hall’s cough drop wrappers ring kinda hollow. “Get through it.” “Be unstoppable.” “High Five yourself.”

Can you really high five yourself? I guess that’s the corporate version of “What is the sound of one hand clapping.”
It’s a throwback to the time when the Man wanted you and your snotty nose back in the cubicle pushing papers and it felt like an ethic instead of exploitation
No idea how I’ve gone this long without catching COVID. Must be my magical type O blood. Still glad I don’t have it, but trust me you don’t want this. Having a cold still sucks.
Wear a mask and wash your hands.