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enteleinDay 2 of being home sick was all about horrendous head-achiness. No real fever yet, but it's a little difficult to tell, as my temperature is usually lower than 98.6°F. Anything above, say, 97.8 could be seen as a fever spike. But no, as of right now, I am holding steady at 97.8.
A bit of the dizziness, and a bit of the sleepies, all around. I desperately wish I had a couch - I've been marathoning episodes of "How I Met Your Mother," and it would've been pretty sweet to just flop over and nap after each episode. But no, sitting on this stupid beanbag makes it next to impossible to be entirely comfortable, and then there's the whole getting up from the floor to standing issue, made hilariously lagubrious with the dizziness and all.
I had hoped I'd be well enough to go to work by tomorrow, but just the tiny bit of talking I did tonight whilst killing zombies with Vector and 'Berto had me coughing like the Smoker zombie, hacking and wheezing and wishing like mad I weren't sick at all. That sort of hackiness just isn't going to fly if I try to go into the lab like that tomorrow. It's worrisome, because it's not like I am getting any sick days or anything, so this is a direct hit to my paycheck. It'll all work out, eventually, but part of me is quite tired of just never getting a break, work-wise. It's either all or nothing, over the last few years. I don't want to even tell you the last time I had a vacation (a for-real one, not one related to game dev stuff or weekends that turned out to be disastrous stressballs) - I haven't been back to Chicago in two years. Ouch. I miss that city like mad. Anyway, yeah. Good thing I'm good at being po'.
The thing about beggars? They're really not choosers. It's true.
Nasty cold. Just glad that so far it hasn't bloomed into the dreaded H1N1. The lack of fever or any real aches or fatigue have me thinking this is just a nasty cold. I am way tired, but the fatigue I feel over doing something simple like loading the dishwasher is not extreme at all. My system's just busy fighting other wars, is all.
There is more OJ in the fridge, and I had pad thai with chicken for dinner tonight, and it was delicious because I was honestly very hungry. I am gonna go drink some more, and then see about sleep. I slept this afternoon a bit, and upon waking it's as though all the sleep in the world will never be enough.
A bit of the dizziness, and a bit of the sleepies, all around. I desperately wish I had a couch - I've been marathoning episodes of "How I Met Your Mother," and it would've been pretty sweet to just flop over and nap after each episode. But no, sitting on this stupid beanbag makes it next to impossible to be entirely comfortable, and then there's the whole getting up from the floor to standing issue, made hilariously lagubrious with the dizziness and all.
I had hoped I'd be well enough to go to work by tomorrow, but just the tiny bit of talking I did tonight whilst killing zombies with Vector and 'Berto had me coughing like the Smoker zombie, hacking and wheezing and wishing like mad I weren't sick at all. That sort of hackiness just isn't going to fly if I try to go into the lab like that tomorrow. It's worrisome, because it's not like I am getting any sick days or anything, so this is a direct hit to my paycheck. It'll all work out, eventually, but part of me is quite tired of just never getting a break, work-wise. It's either all or nothing, over the last few years. I don't want to even tell you the last time I had a vacation (a for-real one, not one related to game dev stuff or weekends that turned out to be disastrous stressballs) - I haven't been back to Chicago in two years. Ouch. I miss that city like mad. Anyway, yeah. Good thing I'm good at being po'.
The thing about beggars? They're really not choosers. It's true.
Nasty cold. Just glad that so far it hasn't bloomed into the dreaded H1N1. The lack of fever or any real aches or fatigue have me thinking this is just a nasty cold. I am way tired, but the fatigue I feel over doing something simple like loading the dishwasher is not extreme at all. My system's just busy fighting other wars, is all.
There is more OJ in the fridge, and I had pad thai with chicken for dinner tonight, and it was delicious because I was honestly very hungry. I am gonna go drink some more, and then see about sleep. I slept this afternoon a bit, and upon waking it's as though all the sleep in the world will never be enough.
Mucus
Date: 2009-11-06 11:38 am (UTC)Hope you feel better soon.
gaininja :)
Re: Mucus
Date: 2009-11-06 01:28 pm (UTC)The OJ is just something I really crave when sick, and it's interspersed with water and tea. I will try to watch it, though, when I am feeling really gunked up.
I am so sorry you're feeling crummy, too! It's like, I am fine, but my body is not. Frustrating to have to be home from work, and yet unable to do anything else really useful, like settle into my apartment more. Woo slothdom?