I surrender

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This has been me for...awhile.  Coughing and coughing for weeks, the cough has finally headed south where though not quite settled in my chest, feels like it's rattling around, wetly, somewhere within my ribcage.

I've been in full, slow, one-thing-that-requires-very-little-energy-or-attention-at-a-time mode and it hit me like a ton of bricks a few minutes ago: I'm sick.  It's not 'allergies' anymore.  I'm not 'fighting it' anymore.  I'm sick.

Not deathly ill, thank goodness.  But, sick enough that recognizing it is the first important step towards recovery :-)  Off to go sit on the couch and veg out.