Sick in Germany

I've been sick for four days now with a cold, "Erkaeltung". I could feel it coming on Saturday while walking around in the rain at the zoo, but it hit me when I woke up on Sunday. It started off with an itchy, sore throat and how now progressed to a runny nose and irritating cough which brings up mucus. Fun fun! I decided not to go to class Monday... or today. There's nothing I hate worse than sitting in a quiet classroom and trying to constrain my breathing so I don't sound like Darth Vader. Also, blowing my nose every 5 minutes seems a little distracting.

The pharmacy near to my school is making bank this month, solely from all the purchases I've been making. I bought some DayMed (similar to DayQuil, though it doesn't do shit) for ten euros (!), some Nasen Spray which just makes my nose run more, some Ricola honey lozenges and some green tea. The last two seem to take an edge off of the coughing, but I'm hoping to find something else soon. I think I might have a sinus infection... but I'm going to see if my body can tackle this one on its own for now. I'll give it till next Monday.

I did bring some Centrum Multivitamins, which I've been taking once a day. I'm hoping that helps my immune system recover faster.

Although I didn't go to class today, I'm still planning on going to the stables. I am supposed to horseback ride today with the university's riding club, but from the way I've been coughing all morning I'm not sure that'll be possible. Since I don't have the head woman's phone number, I don't have enough time to send an email and reschedule today's lesson. I figure I'll just go out there and meet her if nothing else. Maybe I'll meet the horses and get a tour. I just took some DayMeds now, so maybe that'll help a bit and I can ride for half an hour. Fingers crossed! :)

Oh, and I hope I don't get lost...