Cause and Effect

Finnur took off for California yesterday on a work-visit.  Before he had even touched down in the US, my nose started dripping and a lurking sore-throat decided it was time to come out of hiding.  Thus ended my streak of mostly good health this fall, in contrast to last fall where I think I lost my voice at least once, if not twice due to various bugs.

Feeling my immune system kicking in got me thinking of the last time Finnur visited the US on a work-trip.  That was last May, and just like now, I started feeling miserable before he’d even manged to land in the US.  Except last May I ended up with pneumonia, and I’d like to not do that again, thank-you-very-much.

So that got me thinking.  Does my body literally break down when Finnur flies off to California without me, or is this happening because both of his California trips have been organized to coincide with my teaching ending – and thus my body is finally ‘allowing’ itself to become sick?  Hmmmm…