Can't sleep

I felt pretty crappy when I got up yesterday but I thought "I'll go on to work. I'm sure I'll start feeling better as the day goes on". I was wrong. And I feel the same today. My parents are supposed to be here tomorrow. Every time they visit I'm either sick or the house has some sort of plumbing problem. So I'm determined to get well and hopefully the plumbing will stay intact. When I got home from work last night I started getting the chills and all that. I expected to wake up today and be totally wiped out. For the most part I'm just congested and have a sore throat. But I'm still taking the day off. This is the 3rd time in as many months that I've stayed home sick. Not a good record. Hope they dont can my sorry butt. The dry air of the winter plus the common cold seem to kill me each year. My allergies are just really crappy. I have an allergist but I'm not bad off enough for shots. My guess is that if I would eat better, wash my hands more often etc I would be better off. I have also stopped jogging because its so dang cold in the mornings. Its not much fun to be up at 5:30a.m. anyway and then to get slapped in the face with a burst of cold air for 30 minutes straight....no thanks.