Mysterious germ re-appears

After about six days of a truly miserable sore throat in late June, I woke up this morning with another sore throat. As of 3:00 pm CST, it hasn't abated. Drat.

I can't figure out what's causing them. Before this summer, I didn't have a major-league sore throat since 1999. I don't have allergies, and change my a/c filter religiously. Perhaps I should crank up my HEPA air cleaner again.

If I can't shift this in a day or two, I'm seriously considering biting the bullet and consulting an otolaryngologist. You know, an ear/nose/throat doctor.

In the meantime, my plans to snag a motorcycle have been delayed by a month, leaving me frustrated. While I decided to behave and roll over my Snoopy Borg's 401k funds into an IRA, I decided to cash in the Mystery Annuity/Pension, biting the tax bullet. (The reason I call it the Mystery Annuity is that I never knew I had it until after I left the Borg. I couldn't believe I had overlooked it, and after about 1/2 an hour of digging through my filing cabinet, I realized I had zero paperwork regarding the pension.)

But now they tell me they won't give me the annuity money until October. Since I signed a waiver regarding 30-day waiting periods, I don't get this. Maybe they just need to go around and collect the money from various Board directors.