I figured I shouldn’t say anything about how I have managed not to get sick with all the bad sleep and bad eating habits I have been doing lately. Let alone being under a lot of stress right before con and running at full tilt during con. I managed to avoid the con crud and everything following it.
Well, I started mentioning my escape last week and my luck ended. I have a cold. Garden variety, plain normal cold. Lots of fluid, lots of rest, avoid smoke, keep head elevated. It is starting in the lungs and I am guessing it will work its way to my sinuses and then a scratchy/sore throat. Guess it is hard for me to do things in a normal order.
I had a very busy weekend, putting out a lot of energy. I haven’t been sleeping well the last few days and I suspect that is why it is hitting me now. And here I thought it was a good sign that I wasn’t doing the drugged oversleep thing.
Part of me wishes I had someone to pamper me and make me soup and provide lots of steam for me to lounge in and refill my tea cup (scones would be nice). Another part of me thinks that someone else around would bug the living daylights out of me and realizes that having things done my way on my time schedule the way I want it is not something that works in this reality. Also, I would feel like I have a big favor to pay back.
Now comes the question, should I cancel going to AZ tomorrow? If it was something I was looking forward to and would have fun, then I would overcome whatever and go. But it is family stress, a lot of money and I am sure it will make me sicker due to the travel. I would have expected this cold after that trip, not before. And I am concerned about contaminating the family. Yeah, that’s it.
Having a cold sucks. Get lots of sleep and lots of liquids.
As for the trip. If you are not driving you risk infecting the rest of the passengers. That is not fare to them. Use that as an excuse. It will make YOU feel better about it.
Take care of yourself and hugs.
a) careful there please – the flu starts out *feeling* like a cold… if you have ANY fever at all, it’s not a cold, it’s the flu. At the first sign of fever, getest thou to the cheapest medical source of tamiflu you can find. ((hug))
b) yes, cancel AZ… you clearly want/need a reason and your body is saying “no” rather vehemently. It’s not like your family will get any more annoyed with you than they would if you showed up miserable with a cold and unable to function anyways.
c) miss you (((hug)))
d) the “having someone to pamper you” thing is a myth… I have a very pampering husband and he doesn’t do that stuff either. It’s a mom thing that only happens with children to a point – then it ceases. It’s one of those “comfort myths” I’m afraid.
e) Get well soon!!!!
a) I have zippo on the fever. Dad trained me as a child that I am not sick unless I throw up, a fever is the next test. Current temp is 97.0. I tend to run a little low. Can we count it as a negative fever? Do I get a prize for that?
A lot of it is the breathing thing. The advice nurse had to convince me it wasn’t just asthma and did include cold like stuff.
b) I have been putting off calling my dad to see which way it will go. I have a pile of stuff for the kids and don’t want to deal with mailing it either. Whine, whine, whine, whine. I hate traveling. Which is a big deal considering how much I loved traveling.
c) miss you too.
d) you are right, the pamper thing is a mom thing. But I have had boyfriends that did it to. I stay in bed and get checked on every now and then. I suspect that all goes away when you have a kid of your own. The kid spot is already taken so you cant revert.
e) I want to get well soon. I don’t know how to be sick. I am such a wimp. I think I remember when these things were only for a few days. Now they go on for weeks.
f) if I don’t go to AZ, what am I going to do this weekend? Probably stay home sick. Bah Humbug. But maybe it will still be cleared up by Solstice and I can go to that. I guess if I did travel, I would be dead and have to skip solstice.
g) It doesn’t help that it is that time of the month so I can’t tell which misery goes with which issue. Waaaaaaaa (this is me crying like a 3 year old). I would kick my feet in a tantrum if I wouldn’t hurt myself in the process.
Did I mention I don’t handle being sick well?
Thanks for the thoughts and the advice.
(((hug)))
You know – I totally get the “don’t travel well” thing. There’s an irony to the fact that now that I don’t travel well anymore, I’ve been traveling more than at any point in my life outside of living on the road doing Ren for a couple of years. We’re driving to Dallas (no really) right after Christmas for a cousin’s wedding. I had to plan in 2 days each way or I’d be unable to even make it to the wedding. Quite the far cry from driving from Minneapolis to Houston in one straight 22.5 hour shot when I was younger.
I keep laughing at whichever karma god set me up for all of this travel after I stopped being able to enjoy it.
I hate that “is it just normal misery or am I also hormonal?” part of the month. My freakin’ tubes are tied. Can we just get over the hormone part already? sigh.
Go to Solstice. Enjoy the enjoyable bits of life. It’s far too short to sacrifice them for the drudge parts. Plus, UPS is far more reasonable than it used to be!
Re: Pampering
Give the Japanese a couple more years, and your Butlertron 3000 will get you what you want before you even finish realizing that’s what you wanted.
That is so what I want! Someone/thing to make me my soup/drink/sandwich, bring me my blanket/slippers/meds, and then leave me alone. It would be cool if it would also keep the place cleaned up.