...and recover.

So much for being sick!

It was not a pretty sight yesterday at work, but I did end up making it through the day. After work, I didn't want to go for my run but I have this theory that I can simply sweat out the common cold. I don't know if there are any medical facts that fully support my theory but I believe that any cold is not only physical but it's also a bit mental. What I mean by this is that if I let myself think I am ill, then my mind will go along with it and make me believe that there are things wrong with me that maybe really aren't.

So anyways, I "cowboyed-up" and decided I needed to at least try. Now, the hardest part about the "sick run" is the first 5 minutes or so, if you can conquer that, then you're golden - atleast in my books. Oddly enough after the first 5 minutes I started pushing the treadmill speed up and up, and went a bit faster than I have been lately which was great because I didn't expect that at all. Last night before bed just in case there were any doubts, I decided to have a neocitran. I woke up at 5am to find the sheets on the bed wet from pillow all the way down to my feet...it was kind of gross actually but at the same time I knew I had this cold licked.

In other news, I have completely shut down my Windows machine at home. I have always had 2 machines, one running windows the other running Linux (Fedora 10). There are a few reasons I keep the windows machine around, but there is one in particular that has me by the balls: I like my computer games. I always have been a bit of a gamer, mostly just FPS and sports titles. I don't play so much anymore, mostly due to the fact that I live in the sticks now and my internet connection is not the best for online gaming (which is my forte). This switch really isn't a huge deal for me because for the past 2 years or so I've really come to be quite familiar with Linux so I know I will be able to hack it (no pun intended). At the same time I know that both Wine and Cedega allow for quite a number of games designed for windows to be played on Linux. My only question to that will be whether or not there will be a performance hit. Time will tell, but I do plan on posting blogs about this experience.

Finally, I wanted to voice my appreciation for the recent followers that have subscribed to my blog. It's nice to write some times, but the way I see it is that it's even nicer to know that someone might actually read it.