I was torn between two titles. :) Sue me.
A week ago today I was sitting at my desk at work after lunch and began to felt woozy all of a sudden. Like almost to the point of loopy if that makes any sense. My body got hot, cold, then hot again. My throat began to hurt worse than your typical sore throat and ached terribly. Somehow I managed to sit there for the remainder of my shift and went home to attempt to take a nap. That didn't work at all, I spent the rest of the night burning up. The only reason I stayed at work the rest of the day was to meet a deadline, which didn't work out well since I was working at half or even a third of my normal speed.
After spending the night roasting and trying to attempt decent sleep I came into work on Thursday and proceeded with my looming deadlines, hoping to get something accomplished before the day was through. I felt like crap before I even got to work and tried to schedule an appointment. All booked, and the one available one was off the bus line. Crap. So I had to wait until noon to get an appointment at urgent care, which didn't open until 5:30 that evening. No big deal, I wanted to attend my community council meeting to be nosey and to also pitch an idea for my job. Got that off the list - done & done. Finally went to urgent care and I was told I had strep throat and a fever of 101! I'm still trying to figure out how I functioned all day like that and able to look normal for two friends that stopped down to my job during the day. Higher powers, stubbornness & denial I suppose.
The doc recommended that I stay home from work on Friday and start a round of antibiotics (ew, and I'm still taking these pink horse pills!). No big deal until I got up Friday morning. I went out for awhile shopping and what not. Did the same on Saturday for good reason --- Mom and I went to my best friend's baby shower. She's having a boy, it's an exciting time for her & the hubby and the rest of the fam. Her delivery date is near my birthday. :) He would be a nice birthday gift! :) My friend's younger brother was trying to put the baby hex on me, I practically squirmed out of my chair and under the table shouting "nooooo!" and kept to my commitment of getting a dog or a fish bowl first. As selfish and stubborn as it may sound, I'm not ready for kids!
Out of guilt, I spent my Sunday indoors laying around doing a whole bunch of nothing. Attempted to go to work Monday and Tuesday but lasted only through lunch. Still got my priority projects completed somehow. Today was my first full day back since last Thursday.
This past week has been a serious reality check. I haven't been this ill in a long time, if ever. Man I'm getting old! lol
I felt uncomfortable taking that many days off work, and not being able to sit still long enough to rest up, but good to know that I had some sick hours stacked up to cover me. Yes, I'm very thankful for sick hours.
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