This afternoon I was minding my own business at work when, wham, at 2:06 pm I was hit with a sudden spinny feeling, nausea, mild body aches, headache, and scratchy throat. Uh oh. By the end of of the work day the inner Warning System had sounded it's alarm and lifeonhold went into Impending Illness Emergency Preparedness Mode.
IIEPM is all about food, comfort and a credible attempt to fulfill upcoming work responsibilities. First I pulled up Thursday's check run in case I'm out; that was the only work task that really needed to get done. Next I headed for the grocery store for 'sick food staples'. There's nothing like getting to the 'I think I can eat something again' stage only to find that there's no bread for toast or milk for cereal.
Finally at home, I hastily made homemade chicken soup and did most of the clean-up. For a brief time it seemed I was better again. Do the preps, get the 'I'm all ready to be sick" tasks done, and the evil illness demons cry out, "Curses! Foiled again!" and retreat to catch their victim unprepared at a later date. Or so I hope. But now at the end of the night I'm feeling nauseous again. We'll see the what the morning brings.
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AM update - dragged self to work. Current analysis says this is uber bad allergies and not the flu. So far, so good. And groceries are in for the weekend, but I'll probably need to do a birdseed run.
Birdseed? Do you have a pet bird, or do you feed wild birds? If it's the latter, I will welcome you to my obsessive club where we mix our own special blend of birdseed in order to make our backyard friends as happy as possible.
(Somehow I think I'm not signed in with my regular AIM screenname, which is Highwaygirl.)
Mary- hope you're feeling better! I did notice that you don't have a link to my blog on here. Sniff. Oh, it's okay. No big deal. I'll get over it. Sniff.
I'm Ms. Disorganized when it comes to getting my blog peeps togther on this site.... no slight intented, Grace. Will gladly link!
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