Top fifteen signs you are on the mend

15. You no longer have the loudest cough in the office.
14. People are no longer offering to call a doctor for you every time you cough.
13. Your co-workers are no longer following you with a can of Lysol.
12. You can no longer tell the exact minute that your medicine runs out.
11. You accidentally skipped a dose of medicine.
10. You no longer consider buying stock in the companies that manufacture Mucinex and Tylenol Cold due to the money you are spending on the products.
9. You no longer have to run a heater in your office.
8. You can smell the Vicks when you open the tub instead of when you rub it on your nose.
7. Your appetite for milder foods (instead of spicy) returns.
6. The first thing out of your client's mouth on a phone call is no longer "Honey, are you sick?"
5. The last thing out of your client's mouth on a phone call is no longer "Now you go home early and get some rest. Get better."
4. You do not have to go home early from work.
3. You can sleep through the night and wake up without a stopped up nose.
2. You do not anticipate any emergency trips to Wal-Mart in the near future to pick up the new (AWESOME) Puffs tissues that have lotion AND Vicks in them.
1. You no longer watch House marathons hoping that someone comes in with your symptoms so that you can learn what the magic cure is before you feel that your only option is a lung transplant or giving up on breathing all together!

You guessed it ... thanks to several rounds of Mucinex and Tylenol Cold, I am feeling more like my old, well self. I hate cold season!