sick with the cold and pregnant

I'm probably that person you hate to work with who almost-always, without fail, shows up to work everyday - even when I'm sick with a cold. Especially with a cold because like, I would just take those handy capsules to ease my congestion/sinus pressure/core throat/cough and get on with business.

So as the holidays approached, knowing I would have to go without my beloved over-the-counter pharmaceutical solutions this year, I had been working hard to avoid getting sick. I washed my hands every hour (pretty easy when you have to pee every hour anyway), disinfected my desk, computer, phone and work surfaces, and even refused to take appointments with people who appeared visibly sick... So of course I get a bad cold the day after Christmas. Just in time to spend my entire week off sick.

It has been, as I had been warned, way worse than cold I had pre-pregnancy. I feel more run-down, my eyes have watered for 3 days straight, the sinus pressure makes everything feel impossible. I am a total freaking wuss. Here's how I've been dealing....
Hot showers. I can breathe again! For, like, an hour afterwards anyway!
Water. Lots of it. You need something to help flush that garbage out of ya!
Kleenex. Lots and lots of Kleenex for the temporary relief of blowing even though nothing comes out.
Giving myself permission to drink tea again. Yes, I know there's caffeine which I have been working hard to avoid but I can't help it. It soothes me.
Tom Yum Soup. This Thai soup is magic! And the spice really helps to relieve the sinus pressure!
A certain degree of "getting on with it". I did the things I needed to do that didn't involve human interaction like finishing my baby registry, taking down the Christmas decorations, organizing and packing up the room that will become our nursery. It helped me get over the guilt of all the human-interaction-related plans that got thrown out the window.
Trying to reframe the forced downtime as R&R. This is not easy for a Type-A productivity-machine like me, but I've tried to ENJOY my "lazy time" spent watching daytime TV, scouring Pinterest, and reading pregnancy, birth and baby books.

The biggest lesson of all? If my workplace wasn't closed for the holidays, I would honestly be forced to stay home sick right now. As one should. When you're sick you should stay home, you never know who you could spread it to and how it will affect them.

Lesson learned Universe... So um, can you make my better now?