It all started two weeks ago. Heading into 12 week grades and the drama production, I started having a hard time sleeping and worked 13 and 14 hour days between school tasks and home. The department head stuff isn't too much really, it is all just very very new to me and therefore a source of stress. On top of it all, I tried to revive my daily writing habit, which in hindsight was frightfully bad timing.
As a result of all that, by the time I hit the very long day that was the Drama show, I was already very worn down. That was a 15 hour day and we finally made it home around 9 PM. The next morning, I felt like I was under a wet wool blanket all day long. I woke up with a stuffy nose, but that's not unusual after so little sleep. By Wednesday I was still feeling fatigued and I thought I might have a cold. Come Thursday lunchtime, I was hearing everything like it was underwater, my muscles all ached, and I had sharp shooting pains in my right ear. Oh, and I was so dizzy that I had to concentrate to walk a straight line.
So, not being an idiot, I went to an urgent care. It took all of about 10 minutes for the doctor to decide I had a minor sinus infection and an infected right ear. It was all deemed relatively minor because I had no fever. Aside from the dizziness, I could have gone back to work. But, because of the dizziness I found myself on steroids, antibiotics and an over the counter decongestant. I had every intention of resting up Thursday night and heading back into school for Friday.
Well, best laid plans and all that. I woke up in the middle of the night Thursday shivering and cold under three blankets. I was so dizzy the room was spinning laying down. When I took my temperature around 2 AM, it had shot up to 103. Clearly, I wasn't going in to the school on Friday. (If I tried, I think Mom was planning to sit on me).
I spent Friday in a weird stupor watching T.V. The time passed weirdly and I think that I dozed on and off. Saturday was better, but I'd developed a rattling cough and I was tired. I tried to get things done, but kept finding myself sitting down and staring off into the middle distance. Today, I am on the mend officially. The cough is still with me, but it's productive now and I don't feel quite so weighed down. I probably should, still take it easy, but I feel up to getting things crossed off my various lists.
It's been so long since I've been truly sick that I'd kind of forgotten what it was like. The last time I was this sick was before Thomas was born...so about five years ago. Generally I get a cold and I shake it in a couple days without medicines.
Anyway, with all that going on, I simply forgot about writing the blog and I'll have to restart the daily writing project again as things calm down some.
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