The Goopy stage of my cold
Day four of my summer cold, and I’ve officially reached the fascinating “goop phase.”
Still sneezing. Still congested. But the nose-blowing? So Deeply satisfying.
The sound, the movement into the tissue, the sheer volume of yellowish-green mucus — it really makes you marvel at the biology of the human nose. This huge, red, chapped wet monster, filled to the rim with the very substance designed to clear the invasion.
Have you ever had a cold and wondered, “How can one face produce this much snot?” Thats where I am now. Thoroughly preoccupied by my red swollen nose - it’s just taken hold. The tissues I show below are just from last night to this am. I’m at the stage where 3 tissues isn’t enough to empty the thing.
The best part is that, for about five glorious minutes after blowing my nose, I can actually breathe. Then, inevitably, the nose closes for business, I sneeze again, and I’m back to emptying it into whatever clean receptacle I can find.
