You have become a ghost

The cold that had been lurking around for the last week or so, hanging out at the back of my skull, moved forward this weekend into my face. I spent the whole weekend sneezing, blowing my nose, and dripping snot hither and yon. And sleeping, or lounging miserably, feeling sorry for myself.

While in my sickbed, I 

• Listened to every episode of this podcast about the MLM/cult NXIVM
• Listened to every episode of this podcast about Elizabeth Holmes and her fraudulent company, Theranos
• Watched a documentary about Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who conspired to kill her abusive Munchausen-by-Proxy mother
• Ate a bowl of delicious soup made by Mark