If you have to have a cold, it’s good to have supplies for chicken soup on hand. I had a quart of frozen chicken broth from the last soup I made (I save it to add to stuffing, and haven’t made stuffing in ages). I had a can of Manischewitz condensed chicken soup. I had a package of matzo ball mix, and a bag of carrots. And I also had one and a half boneless chicken breasts that I put in the fridge instead of the freezer on Sunday, and had to cook or throw away.
An hour later, a very hearty chicken soup. And very tasty. Two containers of soup left over, plus a couple of matzo balls to put in the freezer for later.
Well, at least it isn’t the flu. A cold is annoying, but the flu would require someone else to cook for me.