Sick Again (Still?)

[hrj]

It's not fair. It's totally not fair. Normally I'm pretty healthy, as long as I don't let myself get totally physically exhausted when I'm traveling. Now, in one month, I've had two bouts with a respiratory bug plus the brief brush with the stomach bug. I really should have gone home from work in the middle of the day yesterday, but Santa Claus left me a nice big new investigation on my desk to come back to and I'd promised the Big Boys that I'd have the memo identifying all potentially affected product sent out by the end of the day. (This is the only reason my co-workers didn't bodily chuck me out the door with my sniffling and sneezing. They knew if they did then they would have to finish that memo.)

So I'm spending today in bed. (Except for a brief trip I need to take in to work to pick up my CSA veggie box this afternoon.) Based on previous experience, two days in bed should kick it to the curb. I hope so, since I'd rather not skip 12th night. That's what's so totally unfair: when I got the lung bug at the start of my vacation I did treat it with lots of sleep. Lots. So what's with the repeat? (Well, ok, this time it's more sneezing and sniffles -- which I didn't get with the first one. So either they're slightly different bugs, or my body insists on working through all the symptoms before moving on.)

Time to make yet another pot of tea and nuke some more soup.

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Feel better soon.

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

*wishing you tea and soup and health*

You might feel better for a bit of perspective, though? I know I do! I'm currently feeling really good about only having had 2-3 bouts of respiratory bug in the last month; my '09 and '08 both started with 5-6 months straight of bugs.

So here's hoping we both have only the few december/january bugs and are all better after :)