Yesterday morning when I came home from swimming, my husband yelled at me. “It’s 20 degrees out! Your hair is wet. What, are you trying to get sick?” Isn’t it sweet that he wants to take care of me? I reminded him that germs can’t live in the cold outside, and having a wet head for a few seconds in the cold isn’t going to get me sick. It might get me frozen hair, but not sick. We don’t get sick from being outside in the cold. We get sick because it’s cold out and we spend so much time indoors around other sick people. It started thinking about getting sick. Not with anything life-threatening, but with the usual winter culprits: a cold, sore throat, a stomach virus, or this year’s favorite: Swine Flu. And I realized I haven’t been sick since I started taking better care of myself....
A Mid-Life Fitness Journey