to quote kradical -- "bleee?"

[lagilman]

For those of you who were expecting something from me this weekend, either via e-mail or phone call or Thing Accomplished... sorry. Could not brain, had the Ugh.

Spent the past two days either huddled on the sofa or tucked into bed, waiting for my usual healthy self to show up. The cats helped, bracketing me on either side until I couldn't have gotten up even if I'd wanted to (ever notice a sleeping cat weighs 3x its awake weight?). Couldn't even read or watch a movie-with-plot, because my attention span was about 10 minutes, tops, and then I dozed off. Thanks god for SciFi's Bad Movie Guarantee (they guarantee that if you turn to them during the weekend, they will be running a bad movie. And OMG, ads for "Shark in Venice." Starring Stephen Baldwin, of course).

Inhaling wonton soup seemed to help with the Ugh -- I drank 3 quarts of the stuff over the weekend. Don't want to think about my sodium levels right now. Wonton soup and Tylenol severe cold meds. And a lot of sleep. My sleep deficit has been paid. Bored now.

Am at about 3/4 capacity now, but that will have to do. Thankfully my big plans this week involve wrapping presents, baking cookies and doing year-end filing/database close-out. 3/4 capacity should be able to handle that...

also: Seattle got snow and we didn't? Where's the justice in that? I demand a recount!

EtA: I am amused to note that I handle Chronic stuff much better than I do random cold or flu bugs. I've made my peace with internal hardware glitches -- since they won't let me return it for a refund -- but external viruses? They make me all sorts of cranky.

Comments

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Blech. Sorry this has been so hard to shake. A week of wrapping presents and baking cookies sounds good.

[lagilman]

what's frustrating is that I've 'lost' three days. Oh,I managed to get some things done, and I'm quite aware that there are times when you have to say "the meat's down for maintenance." But three days? Not writing/editing/creating anything worth a damn?

Makes me crazy.

(seriously: I couldn't even garner enough brain cells to put together a party menu.)

Thankfully, brain does seem to be back on-line.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better soon.

I'd be glad to ship the snow to somewhere where they know how to drive in it. Just send shipping procedures and cost to cover.

[lagilman]

costs I could handle, but they're still iffy on the shipping protocol...

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

There is that, alas. Which is why I was so specific [g].

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Snow? You can have the snow. Also? The arctic blast we're getting. It's below freezing right now. They're saying we're going to be hitting the teens tonight.

[lagilman]

The cold we've got, and the moisture we've got. Only every time we get the moisture the temps go up. Most distressing.

[deire.livejournal.com]

((((hugs))))

And yeah, infections are always worse than chronic illness. Could not tell you why.

[lagilman]

for me,I think it's the fact that I can think though pain. I can't think through a head-cold, especially one that comes with a sore throat.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

My sympathies. In common with most of Glastonbury, I got the British version of the Ick (it's apparently much the same, from the sound of it) on Friday and it's left me with a sea lion bark and a resemblance to W C Fields. I had to work and do stuff over the weekend so a friend has been dosing me with decongestants and alcohol (this worked, but probably at cost down the line, I suspect), but pretty much gave up last night.

A customer yesterday told me that he'd had the lost voice for a month. Deep joy.

Hope you feel better soon.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor Suri. *hugs*

[desperance.livejournal.com]

(ever notice a sleeping cat weighs 3x its awake weight?)

Barry curls himself spherical and thinks cannonball. Furry cannonball. With snoring. He could break beds, if we didn't sleep on the floor.