I've got a cold -- no biggie, get them a couple of times a year. But my cold's usually have the same feature -- they get worse the minute the sun goes down. They're liek vampire colds, or something. ![scared](https://apolyton.net/core/images/smilies/scared.gif)
Now, I have no idea why this is, but assumed that it has something to do with either change in temerature or change in light. I don't know why those would affect my cold, but it's not like lots of other things change at sunset, so those were my best guesses.
Until yesterday. Yesterday I was shopping at Ikea after work. I was deep in the bowels of the store -- if you know Ikea, you know what I mean -- when suddenly (and I mean suddenly, like someone flipped a switch) I went from being just fine to being super-congested and constricted. Once a violent coughing spasm (the first of the day) had passed, I looked at my watch. Yep, 7:10 pm -- sunset.
But here's the thing: I was deep in the bowels of Ikea, so I had no clue it was sunset. No windows, so no visual clues; in full climate control, so no temperature clues. My body just knew.
Does this happen to anyone else when they have a cold? Does anyone know what causes it? Am I possessed by a demon spirit who keeps the same hours as Paris Hilton? WTF is this?
![scared](https://apolyton.net/core/images/smilies/scared.gif)
Now, I have no idea why this is, but assumed that it has something to do with either change in temerature or change in light. I don't know why those would affect my cold, but it's not like lots of other things change at sunset, so those were my best guesses.
Until yesterday. Yesterday I was shopping at Ikea after work. I was deep in the bowels of the store -- if you know Ikea, you know what I mean -- when suddenly (and I mean suddenly, like someone flipped a switch) I went from being just fine to being super-congested and constricted. Once a violent coughing spasm (the first of the day) had passed, I looked at my watch. Yep, 7:10 pm -- sunset.
But here's the thing: I was deep in the bowels of Ikea, so I had no clue it was sunset. No windows, so no visual clues; in full climate control, so no temperature clues. My body just knew.
Does this happen to anyone else when they have a cold? Does anyone know what causes it? Am I possessed by a demon spirit who keeps the same hours as Paris Hilton? WTF is this?
![Confused](https://apolyton.net/core/images/smilies/confused.gif)
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