Swollen Glands

It's so predictable. Throw in some pre-event stress, mix with transition, add a dash of public restroom, incubate for three weeks and presto! I've got a sore throat and the beginnings of a stuffy nose. Just about every Christmas vacation from high school through college, I would fight a cold for the first two or three days. My body does a great job of navigating up the mountain to the pinnacle of stress, but when it comes to the descent, well, the stress-sherpas seem to often loose their way and fall prey to the cold gremlins. And so it is, three weeks into law school, just at the very first inkling that I might be relaxing a little bit and WHAM, last night at the movies the fever-flashes and sore throat started moving in. Right on cue.