So, last Monday, my brother woke up sniffling and said he was sick. He used to be employed full time in the same business as my dad, not because he had any aspiration for it (at all), but just for the income. Now he attends classes in EMS at Sinclair, but is still employed part time in the business my dad has basically been stuck in for over a decade. It's industrial, it involves installing sprinkler systems in new buildings as well as other stuff with pipe fitting. Something I'm definitely not interested in. Anyway, his schedule really just doesn't make any sense to me. Lately he's been leaving either for work or classes maybe twice, or even just once a week. Now, back to last Monday; there went a good ~10 hours worth of potential time to myself. They head out the door at about 6:00 AM, and typically get back at 3 to 5 PM (40 hour work week, but the drives are long).

Now, as luck would have it, I went to bed on Wednesday night feeling like I was developing a sore throat, and sure enough, woke up with one the next day. Or, maybe luck isn't to blame, I mean it certainly couldn't have helped that my brother accumulated a big heap of used tissues on the floor next to his bed for 5 days, before putting them in a plastic shopping bag........and then leaving it there........so I took it upon myself to throw it away just hours earlier. And not to mention, he casually sneezed without making any attempt to cover it, regardless of whether I was standing nearby or not.

So, I had serious throat congestion that day (Wednesday), and then developed nasal congestion the next day, the latter of which has gotten worse and is really bothering me right this moment. I've also had some occasional coughing here and there. Fortunately, the sore throat has finally dissipated, along with the phlegm in the throat. But my nose is still all stopped up.

Wondering what the difference between the cold and the flu was, I looked it up online. As it turns out, the flu is actually a lot worse. It usually includes things like serious coughing, fatigue, sweating, headaches, such and such. I wasn't aware of that. So, it was just a cold.