I blame Spinal Tap for my recent illness. Look at their new album’s title! Back from the Dead. They’re a safer scapegoat than my wife who probably gave me her current cold/sinus infection.
Somara started coming down with a different illness (not a continuation of one I gave her in May) sometime last week. It knocked her out by Saturday night, leaving me to work on Alexandria alone. I’m not complaining about that though, I needed to re-organize my former office further so she should have space to move her boxed-up items.
As I wrapped up my Sunday accomplishments (to be posted soon), I felt the soreness in my throat and the abnormal sweating. I knew then, great, I caught it too. All I can do now is drink some hot tea, take some medication and hope for the best in the morning. Fat chance. Monday morning was miserable and it carried on through to Wednesday with the two of us lying around ill. This cascaded into many things getting neglected but not the critical ones: bills are paid online which rocks.
I recovered well enough by Wednesday night to go back to work Thursday. My body chose the worst week to give out too. A tidal wave of crap to do plus the new iPhones were released this weekend; then housesitting for our friends (got it under control!) and entertainment plans I made over a month ago.
The first day back was alright. I was productive until I felt laryngitis developing. Near panic followed and a very restless evening with about two hours of sleep didn’t help. Today I feared a relapse starting so I got an appointment wedged in with the Austin Regional Clinic during my half-a-vacation day. The sobering news I received from the doctor was a huge relief. I didn’t have what Somara is finishing off (sinus infection). According to him (Dr. Hughes), I am on day five of a seven-day cold. I appear to be over the majority of the illness. Now I have to defeat “the malaise,” which is the remaining part which keeps one from being 100 percent. You know, the fogginess or underwater feeling. Meanwhile you’re still hacking and draining occasionally.
Armed with this information, I feel confident to press on and “dig out” even harder. Be on the lookout for a small wave of updates on Picayune, it was one of those things getting neglected.