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♥ I am sick.

About a week ago I was having a particularly rough day- my back was really hurting and I felt SO TIRED I couldn’t keep my eyes open at work. when I got home, I fully intended on falling into bed and calling it a night. Of course, my body decided to reject that idea. I lay there shivering and shaking and feeling like I was going to spontaneously burst into flames. I had a temp of 101.6, which isn’t all that high for me- but I felt like shit. I finally fell asleep and when I woke up on Tuesday my throat was sore and I had a cough and a headache. By Tuesday night I felt like I was swallowing a thousand razor blades- even when I wasn’t swallowing! I did NOT sleep that night because of the pain.

Wednesday was a long day- not only because of the sore throat, but also the lack of sleep. Thankfully it was an easy work day. Thursday the sore throat was still there, but thankfully it was manageable with throat lozenges. Lots of them!

I should mention that since Tuesday night, I haven’t had a voice. I can hardly muster up a squeek. I try talking to people and nothing comes out- or nothing more than a barely audible whisper. I still am voiceless.

Friday sucked big monkey balls. I got up and went to work even though I felt like crap. My sore throat only bothered me when i swallowed, but holy mother or a cold/cough, batman! My eyes were watering and they looked black and blue underneath, I was sneezing like crazy, my nose ran like a faucet and this cough… oh man- this cough I have now is something else. I’m actually coughing up thick, dark yellow mucous with flecks of blood. It’s yummy.

I worked alone at ASP on Friday because my supervisor went home to take care of her son who was sick. I wasn’t pleased about that, but I managed to pull it off. 

Today, I did nothing. I didn’t go anywhere. I watched movies and had a bubble bath and pretty much lounged on my bed all day. It was excellent! I still feel shitty, but my sore throat is only a minor tingle. My cough is worse and my ribs hurt like a bitch when I cough- I think it might be bronchitis… but

It’s a long freaking weekend, baby.  That right there is a good thing.