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I hate getting sick. Hate it. Obviously, no one enjoys it, but still. Haaaaate. And this time, I didn't just get sick. I got the cold from hell.
It started out normally enough. Sore throat, blech. So I drink lots of hot tea, and dose myself with vitamin C, hoping to knock it out. But, no. No, this time my tonsils actually swelled so much that I had trouble breathing if I was anything less than completely upright. To the point that I could not get to sleep. At all. I did everything I could think of, but nothing worked. Hot tea, to soothe my throat? Nada. Tons of pillows in all manner of configuration, so I could recline at least a bit? Nothing. TV on for background noise, TV off for darkness, no dice either way. Seriously, I was awake for something like forty hours straight. I don't think I've ever been awake that long before. Like, in my whole life. =P So, yeah. That sucked. Sore throat, congestion, the whole nine yards...plus, I was a walking zombie from lack of sleep. Talk about a weird feeling.
So I worked from home the last couple of nights. And did what I could to keep myself occupied, the rest of the time. Keep the mind busy, and hopefully you won't think so much about how crappy you feel, right? I read a bit of my latest book. Watched a lot of really random TV shows. Poked around Pixiv a bit, and thereby got myself interested in an old fandom again. *Points at icon* And so on, and so forth. And then, when I was finally able to, I slept. A lot. Like, I slept the biggest part of Saturday. Got up, had a drink of water, then went right back to sleep until late into the evening. Catching up on what I missed, I guess. But it's got my sleep cycle a little out of whack. So not looking forward to getting up for work tomorrow.
I am feeling better now, thankfully. Being able to sleep helps. So hopefully going to work tomorrow won't be too hard. *Crosses fingers*
It started out normally enough. Sore throat, blech. So I drink lots of hot tea, and dose myself with vitamin C, hoping to knock it out. But, no. No, this time my tonsils actually swelled so much that I had trouble breathing if I was anything less than completely upright. To the point that I could not get to sleep. At all. I did everything I could think of, but nothing worked. Hot tea, to soothe my throat? Nada. Tons of pillows in all manner of configuration, so I could recline at least a bit? Nothing. TV on for background noise, TV off for darkness, no dice either way. Seriously, I was awake for something like forty hours straight. I don't think I've ever been awake that long before. Like, in my whole life. =P So, yeah. That sucked. Sore throat, congestion, the whole nine yards...plus, I was a walking zombie from lack of sleep. Talk about a weird feeling.
So I worked from home the last couple of nights. And did what I could to keep myself occupied, the rest of the time. Keep the mind busy, and hopefully you won't think so much about how crappy you feel, right? I read a bit of my latest book. Watched a lot of really random TV shows. Poked around Pixiv a bit, and thereby got myself interested in an old fandom again. *Points at icon* And so on, and so forth. And then, when I was finally able to, I slept. A lot. Like, I slept the biggest part of Saturday. Got up, had a drink of water, then went right back to sleep until late into the evening. Catching up on what I missed, I guess. But it's got my sleep cycle a little out of whack. So not looking forward to getting up for work tomorrow.
I am feeling better now, thankfully. Being able to sleep helps. So hopefully going to work tomorrow won't be too hard. *Crosses fingers*
