*sniffle*

It started Sunday morning, innocuously enough, with a faint twinge in the back of my throat each time I swallowed. No big deal, I thought—probably just a little irritation from the campfire smoke Saturday night. Monday morning it became more pronounced: a constant, if slight, discomfort in my throat. Tuesday morning, there was congestion: I woke up with my head so full of mucus that it took much longer than usual to stand up, let alone walk straight. By the afternoon, I had a rip-roaring sinus headache and a faint ringing in my ears. But that's nothing compared to tonight, because tonight, the stuffiness turned runny, and then, on top of everything else, the sneezing started.

Seriously. Who gets a cold in August?