Once upon a time...
There was a girl who caught a cold. It lasted about two days, and then it went away. She was fine for about another week after that, and then she got sick again. Worse than before. At least it feels worse.
Here's my theory: I have three bright orange, 24oz water bottles that I usually alternate through every couple of days when I'm at home. Since Brett and I had colds last week, and then he got sick at Halloween, and then I was resting up from watching over him, the dishes got waaay backed up (especially glasses), and I ended up loading most of our sickie glasses/bottles into the dishwasher on Monday night of this week.
Yesterday I was feeling fine; GREAT even. Then I pulled one of my orange water bottles out of what I THOUGHT was a clean dishwasher, and drank from it all day. By the afternoon, I had a runny nose and a sore throat. Then Brett got home from work, saw the open dishwasher, and pointed out that I'd forgotten to run it, and the dishes were dirty. Boo. I'd been drinking from a dirty water bottle all day.
My stomach felt fine so we both figured nothing would come of it, but my sore throat and runny nose have now turned into a full-blown cold, much like the one I had last week, only a little more severe. Now I'm wondering if the water bottle I drank from yesterday was maybe a SICKIE water bottle, and if maybe the left-over water that I dumped out on Monday night had been housing a lingering colony of cold cooties.
Eh? What do you think? Could my germs have lasted a week in an open water bottle, with only water and probably saliva to survive on? AND could those same germs have reinfected me after I'd already had that virus? AND could my symptoms have started to show up less than twelve hours from being exposed to those germs? Or have I just caught two colds in two weeks?
Either way, feel free to feel sorry for me. Because lord knows I'm feeling sorry for myself. It's a pity party over here. Pity Party!!!
PS I also have cramps. PITY PARTY!!! :(
