under the weather

i've been sick with a cold since the weekend and it's been kicking my ass. i've noticed a change in how my body is dealing with these viruses over the past couple years and i'm not liking it. before, i would get a cold and have symptoms for about a week or so and that's it. lately these colds have been sucking the life and energy out of me, rendering me useless for days on end. it's so bad sometimes i feel i'll have a heart attack just going up a flight of stairs.

a lot of people have been getting sick. most attribute it to the changing of the weather. bogota has been experiencing off and on thunderstorms lately. these thunderstorms are insane. i'm accustomed to the tstorms in tucson (elev. 3,200 feet (1,000 m) with thunderstorm bottoms starting at about 7,000 feet (2,300 m). here, the elevation of the city is 8,000 feet (2,600 m) and the thunderstorm bottoms are well over 10,000 feet (3,000 m). that's a pretty tall storm. and there's lightning here too. i heard three police officers were killed when the tree that was sheltering them was struck.