Being Sick

            I was supposed to go see a friend the past weekend, but I ended up messaging him to say I didn’t feel quite right, so I thought I should stay home. I’ve had this happen a couple of times in recent months where I make plans, but don’t feel right, so I stay home. Those times it turned out to be a false alarm. This time it was not.

            When I woke up Monday, my throat was sore and I was so congested I couldn't believe it. If you’ve ever been unable to breathe through your nose, you know what I’m talking about. I managed to do the dishes at home, but that was about it. I did do one of the exercises in Latin and try to write, but I barely got through the Latin and writing was like, “cannot comprehend what I’m looking at.” So, I gave up.

            When I woke up Tuesday, I was so tired, I dragged myself out of bed. I’d even gone to bed early and woke up late. So, instead of hopping on my computer, I sat/laid in front of the TV all day binge watching season four of “When Calls the Heart” till I had to make dinner.  Thankfully, dinner was simple. Eggs and pancakes.

            Wednesday started out okay, so I figured working at the gym as usual wouldn’t be a problem. I took it pretty easy there. I checked my e-mail and Facebook for the first time in over 24 hours. I seriously didn’t turn on my computer all day Tuesday. Before I finished my shift at the gym I rode the stationary bike for a bit. I didn’t get all the way through the usual 30 minutes, but I figured I was getting over my cold, so no biggie.

            When I got home I was so exhausted I did something I almost never do. I read in bed for a while then took a nap. I hate taking naps, so if I’m taking one, you know I’m not feeling good. When I got up, I felt better and cooking dinner was no big deal, but I did tell my roommate that if I felt that way the next day, I may tell him he’s on his own for dinner. He asked me if he could do anything to help me make dinner the next day. There wasn’t, but I remembered a simpler recipe I could do using the chicken I’d thawed.

            The next day I went to the gym as usual. When I got home, there was a flyer in our mailbox from our favorite pizza place. They were running a special and after discussing it, we ordered in pizza for dinner.

            Friday I put dinner in the crock pot, did dishes and that was the end of me doing anything more for the rest of the day. I literally sat in front of my computer menu planning and playing Runescape till dinner. Just too tired to do anything else.

            So, now it’s Saturday and I’m finally writing this blog. There are other things I’d rather be writing about, but this is the best I could do for this week.  The hardest part of being sick, to me anyway is that I not only missed visiting with my friend, but I couldn’t do some things this week that I wanted/needed to do. Things like shortening pajama pants for my roommate and baking bread. Such is life when you're sick.

            There have been a couple of bright spots.

            One, my roommate offering to help me cook dinner, then ordering pizza.

            Two, my little kitty, Rusty. She’s been my faithful companion this week. Laying on the couch with me and in bed with me when I took my nap. Normally she runs around the house like a miniature horse or sits in the window watching birds for hours on end.

            I did think about writing this blog during the week, but was simply too sick to do more than that. I’m just thankful I got my monthly menu planning done. It helped that I’d been thinking about since before I got sick.

            I hope you’ve had a better week than I did. I’d love to know if you want to leave me a comment. Take care and hope you read my blog next week.