November 5, 2008

• Sledgehammer

  Everything was going just fine on Monday at noon.  Then, about 2:30, it was like getting hit with a sledgehammer.  Chills, fever, coughing, stomach rebelling.  I gave up after about an hour, headed home and got there by 4:00.  I put on the warmest PJs I own, turned on my heated mattress pad and was in bed by 5:00 – slept till 6:00 on Tuesday morning.  Tuesday was an utterly miserable day of not being able to eat anything but broth.  Today is better, but I still feel puny and haven’t tried to eat anything but yogurt.  It seems inclined to stay down.

  Sometimes I hate my chosen career and job.  It’s just not a job that you can ignore when you don’t feel good.  Despite all the above, I had to dial in to two meetings yesterday and two today.  Everyone was sympathetic, but everyone expected me to be there. Because my home internet isn’t working reliably (a rant for another day), I had to come into the office this morning to get some things out.  I’ll be leaving by noon, but I hate that I couldn’t just stay home and be miserably sick in peace (oh, you know what I mean).  Feh.

  • 12:06 pm
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