I hate this time of year. Pharmacists on the other hand must love it.

This is the time of year when you feel like you have a permanent and persistant resident in your head. A time when a good majority of the population spend alternate weeks having a cold.

It's not a cold worth complaining about either, it's barely there, but it's just annoying enough to be noticed. That thick, fuzzy feeling in your sinuses at the top of your nose and between your eyes and the slow dribble at the back of your throat (I hope you're not eating as you read this, BTW!).

Not enough to be able to class yourself as ill or feel the need for constant medication, but just enough to get you down. You shift it just long enough for a couple of days of relief and then it comes back again like an unwanted house guest.