The Sunday before last, it started with a headache. Monday, it was a sore throat. And then things went downhill from there. By the weekend I was sick as a dog.
I took this past Monday off and spent most of the day in bed – getting up just long enough to email work and then later to try and eat. I’d also been making a steady diet of Mucinex and it wasn’t helping – fortunately, I had a Dr. visit scheduled for Tuesday. In short order he had a diagnosis for me – bronchitis.
He put me on antibiotics and a cough suppressant and send me on my way. I spent the rest of Tuesday in bed, getting only to take meds. I did log in that evening to at least try and do some work, but it was a feeble effort.
The long days in and out of sleep produced some peculiar side effects.
1. I was disappointed in science. We’ve got 1/2 dozen “reputable” treatments for erectile dysfunction, but no one seems to be working on the common cold. The answer is that it’s a virus and you just have to wait it out. And do you know how the flu vaccine is created? The process involves chicken eggs.
Yes, the pinnacle of science and we’re relying on chickens. We should, as a species, be disappointed. Where are the damn lasers? Nano-technology? Freaking healing potions?
Instead, I’m quaffing snake oil that either doesn’t taste like grape or doesn’t taste like orange. Or, to mix it up, doesn’t taste like cherry. And you know what else it doesn’t do? Work.
I’m kinda miserable and surly – in case you can’t tell. So, I wait – and apparently, I am in a very suggestable state.
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2. Since I’ve been home a lot in the day, I’ve been listening to the radio. And you know how they play the same damn songs over and over? Well, the culprit this time is Taylor Swift’s Blank Space. It’s actually playing now as I type this. I’ve heard it so many times in the past few days that, in what I have to assume is some kind of fever, I invented a board game to go along with the song.
Yes.
I have the rules mapped out – including suitor cards and a mechanic where if you land on the right space, you get to write your name in the provided Blank Space (with bonus points awarded if you are the last to have your name in that area). The game board would be dry erase, but I didn’t get to the character piece design before I snapped out of it.
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3. I’ve also spent some of my waking time… wait, time for more meds. BRB…
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Sorry, I’m on a set schedule for that. Anyway, I decided to finally watch season 1 of the walking dead on DVD. I figured that if this does take me out and I became a zombie, it would be prudent to do some prep work.
I like the show and the writing, effects, and acting are all good. If there are any faults, it’s that in an almost predictable manner – the worst thing always happens. I know that drives the drama, but I haven’t really been surprised yet. Still, I’ll pick up season two one of these days and continue with it.
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I went back to work today for part of the day – mostly just to avoid the paperwork I would need from a doctor for a longer absence. I was pretty productive when I wasn’t trying to talk on the phone, but by 2:00 I was wiped out. I left work and went home to sit on the couch and read.
Thundercat kept me company by curling up on my feet. I know he’s just looking for a warm spot, but it was still nice.
And I’m tired. Just worn down. The bronchitis, the meds, the coughing and not sleeping.
I’ll be back in the office tomorrow – or at least that’s the plan – and I’m trying to conserve the energy I have to kept going through the day.
Time to turn out the lights and kick out the guests at this pity party. And time to wrap up this entry, shower, spray some not-grape flavored snake oil down my throat, and hope for the best.