Down with the sickness

It's a song, but it's also how I feel today - Down with the sickness! Interpreted both ways as in; Down with you, virus! I hate you! And also, I am down because I'm still sick.

Now I'm so much better than I was over the weekend and Monday, when I called out sick for work (I can't say Stayed Home because I work from home, so I'm home already whether I'm sick or not), but I still feel sick. Just not as sick.

I know I'm not drinking enough fluids today, so that's not helping any. Pretty soon it'll be time to take Sophie for her daily lunchtime walk and that's going to be miserable, as it has been all week. At least the weather is nice, hopefully I can soak in some sun without feeling overheated. It's already in the 80's here, which while nice, is really hot if you stand in the sun. I think the temp difference between shade and sun here must be 10 degrees easily.

I digress though. I was commenting on this crappy virus that has me feeling so... well, crappy. On the bright side, I've probably lost a few pounds this week because I've not been eating much. I'm too full from swallowing my own sick mucus to want to eat much, and none of it tastes right so what's the point? And yes, I said it - swallowing mucus! We all do it when we're sick, it's disgusting, and I hate it, but it's the truth. I don't even think we are conscious we're doing it, but when you sniffle your nose and swallow, where do you think it goes, hmmmm? Yeah.. blow your nose next time. lol!

I blow my nose constantly, have probably gone through an entire box of Puffs Plus this week (which I use exclusively because the lotion really does help) but it doesn't matter, I still get the post-nasal drip and have the constant swallowing, as a result, so I know there's still plenty of mucus going into my gut and it makes me feel nauseated. Ugh. Not to mention the phlegm from coughing. At least that's slowed down some. Good thing too as I was beginning to worry I might have to go to Urgent Care for a breathing treatment or something. I sound sort of like Darth Vader when I breathe. "Luke.... I am your Father! Bring me my asthma inhaler."

I am being such a whiner. But only because it's been like a week now that I've been dealing with this crap. 3 days is my limit. Ok, maybe 5 days. 1 day to come down with it, 3 days to be sick, 1 day to get over it. That's my normal sick schedule. This is really got me irritated. It's been 8 days now and I'm so over it!

:: wheeze:: "The force is with you young Skywalker... but you are not a Jedi yet." :: wheeze::
-A