And by “it” I mean being sick. So tired of being sick and tired!
But I think I’ve reached the turning point and actually felt pretty close to normal this morning–wohoo! I’m suddenly not congested, and if I ignore the tiny bit of sinus pressure going on I actually feel good!
Of course, I could have said as much last week, then the cold came back for Round 2 and I missed another day and a half of work trying to sleep off the worst of it. My doctor said it was to be expected, it’s the way the current not-the-flu is operating, I was just hoping I’d skip the rebound. Thankfully I rallied and was well enough to enjoy Valentine’s Day dinner out on the town, but then Sunday night I came down with some sort of stomach bug/food poisoning from take-out/hormone-influenced ickiness or some combination of all of the above and spent the majority of Monday feeling a bit worse for wear.
Win some, lose some, I guess!
My illness m.o. is fairly simple: whenever possible, at the first sign of anything icky, go to bed and sleep it off. Usually works on the simple things, but sometimes it’s just not an option (like every Wednesday when I need to be in the office to run payroll, or the 10th and 25th of the month when I need to write vendor checks, etc.). Those days it’s more of a grin and bear it as long as necessary and leave early when the necessary stuff is done. Most of the “good” OTC meds I can’t take, and what I can generally makes me sleepy or a bit fuzzy-headed. Not conducive to much, to be honest.
So what have I mostly been up to? Watching Parenthood on Netflix (I’m so sorry I didn’t start watching this show sooner, it’s so good!) and knitting between naps. Knitting is nice because it makes me feel semi-productive while not taking oodles of brain power or energy. Right now I’m working on converting a 1916 kid’s sweater pattern into a version suitable for the dolls. So a little more brain power, but I think I’ve just about go it down to it’s simplest form. Maybe a few more tweaks to go.
If I’m right about finally being better (and the sinus pressure is just a product of our willy-nilly weather patterns and not a real menace), I look forward to getting back to some sort of regular schedule in the next week or so and finishing up some projects that have been on my work table far too long and really need to be done and out of here! And I have updates about the house to share, and more restaurants we’ve tried in Thomasville to tell you about, and of course the news on the starting a store front to recap.
Until then, thanks for hanging in here with me!
I was beginning to worry…so I’m glad you’re doing better!
Didn’t mean to make you worry! Definitely feeling better 🙂
Glad you are starting to feel better! Hopefully that is the last of it for you this time around.
I also subscribe to the “sleep it off” mentality. In my world, there is little that can’t be solved with a good night’s sleep and a hot shower!
Yes, exactly! And if more people would adopt the “sleep it off” mentality there’d probably be a lower absence rate at school and work.