I’m sick. I’ve been sick since Friday morning. Well, really, Thursday night. But I was still ignoring it at that time.
I’ve had low grade chills, pressurized sinuses, aches and very low energy. I’ve been trying to rest, balanced with maintaining normal life. Still trying to work out a little bit so that my head space doesn’t tank. By 3pm I’m so completely done that I’m ugly to be around. I’m actually done by 9am, but I try to hold it together for as long as possible.
The problem is that I can still function, but not well.
I’m not a gracious sick person. I’m done. DONE DONE DONE. I want to feel better again. I lose perspective when I’m sick. I start saying things like ‘My life is horrible, it sucks, I’m depressed, there’s no hope, I’m dying of some weird obscure disease, I feel stuck….’
I have to be reminded that last week I really liked my life and had enough energy to be doing my life and an extra ambitious list.
I’ve decided to call this sickness The Misery. I feel worse than I look. It makes me cranky and depressed. It throws two of my kiddos off emotionally, which makes everything much harder.
Anyone have any ideas of how to get rid of The Misery? I’ve got it.
PS. I’m still rooting for having this beat by tomorrow night when I’m supposed to go out with Maple Walnut Mama for some bistro time!
January 18, 2012 at 1:05 am |
Hmm, sounds like what I call the Martian Death Flu. Sadly I do not have a cure other than time and sleep. And gallons of fluids.
January 18, 2012 at 3:09 am |
Oh dear, I think I may have The Misery as well. It’s not quite a cold, but I feel like the energy has been zapped from my being.
January 18, 2012 at 5:12 am |
Nyquil. Sleep. Dayquil. Awake. That’s all I got.
January 18, 2012 at 6:20 am |
Sleep my friend. Sleep, Sleep, Sleep. (or at the very least get horizontal while your kids are home and awake). Oh & don’t let yourself think about or judge your life while unwell – so not a good idea! Bistro night can wait. Be well soon!
January 18, 2012 at 4:22 pm |
I’ve got THE MISERY!!!!
It has been in our house since last week!!!
Ugh!
Feel better soon!
January 20, 2012 at 2:18 am |
Considering I have The Misery and I’m waaay down here in S. Texas, I have no help to offer.
I am also not a gracious sick person. I find myself saying, “Ooookaaaay.” When someone is talking to me incessantly about knobs on knees or whatever. It means, “Leave me aloooooone.”