Progress?

If I could, I'd be crossing my fingers that the bronchitis is finally gone.  However, on Monday when I was making pasta for lunch, I picked up the pot of pasta by the plastic pot handles, expecting them to be cool.  They weren't, so in a reflex move, I dropped the pot back onto the stove, and the hot water sloshed out of the pot and all over my hands, which burned both sides of both hands in one fell swoop--and temporarily shorted out the lighter on the stove.  I am considering taking up residence in a plastic bubble..........