Head Cold

I think the worst thing about having a head cold all week isn't the sinus pressure on my skull, or the way the tip of my nose now feels like sandpaper. It's having spent a whole week breathing through my mouth.

I'm now on the "feeling better, will be ejecting mucus for another month or two" stage. The home test says I don't have covid or influenza. But this is the second time in four months that I've been absolutely hammered by this nastiness. Did the common cold get stronger, or did I just get weaker?