The last week before a vacation is the absolute worst time to catch a cold. I catch a cold on average just once or twice a year, so the odds are pretty slim. Still, I try to do everything I can to avoid it in the weeks leading up to departure.
From last week a lot of my students started to catch colds as the weather turned from rainy season to hot summer. Last weekend I started to get the little dryness in the back of my throat that usually means a cold is coming. From then I started gargling more, washing my hands twice as often, and I stopped riding the exercise bike every night to give my body a chance to concentrate on fighting the cold.
Luckily my efforts have seemed to pay off.
We are on target for a flight out early on Saturday morning. Yesterday, today and tomorrow have been filled with little odd jobs to get done before we leave. Friday I have one last drinking party with some coworkers, and then we’re off.
The drinking party will be held at a restaurant called Sake Yashiro which literally translates to “The Shrine of Sake”. I’ll have to be careful not to anger the gods of booze on Friday.
