It started the Wednesday after Thanksgiving. I had a low-grade fever and a sore throat. I was off work Thursday, pretty bad off with a nasty respiratory virus (it wasn't the flu, I'm sure, as it was a gradual onset and didn't have a higher fever or really much of a whole-body ache). But it was nasty. I was feeling a little better that Friday with Mucinex and Stahist, and it was a light and short day as we had our company Christmas party that afternoon, so I left by 3 pm. I was careful to handwash or use sanitizer, but I did feel better. By 4 pm, though I was in bed because the sun was going down and that always seems to make a virus disease feel worse, in my experience. I spent the whole weekend in bed. I barely made it into work, but I did go to work Monday through Friday. I did feel better after Tuesday, but Friday (as in two days ago) was the first day I really felt myself again. I even went and had dinner with our friend who has cancer, as we were better and I think we weren't contagious anymore.
Yesterday I did a lot of errands. I went to the bank and put in some money that was an unexpected gift. I finally was able to get my taxes from H&R Block. Lord save me from accountants--it took me almost an hour and a half to pick up and pay for my paperwork, the man there was so meticulous. Thank goodness I came in when I did. He was with a client when I came in, so I had to wait a little while, but there were three or four after me who waited the entire time I was here. But I eventually left with everything I need. Then I went and got my insulin and some medications for YKWIA at the pharmacy before they closed. I stopped by Staples and got some ink for the printer, as we hadn't had any since September. I also got gas and a few groceries.
I was tired when I got home. I'd left at 10 am and it was about 2 pm when I got home. I did some work around the house and then went to bed for a nap for about 45 minutes. We were going to work on the floors yesterday and also do the postponed latkes for Hannukah that we missed. But I was really tired, still, so we put it off till today and cancelled the game.
This morning I woke up clumsy, feeling bad, and full of mucous. It's better now that I've gotten the Mucinex and Stahist in me, but I am coughing, blowing my nose, sneezing, etc. So maybe I'm not out of the woods yet. I thought I'd gone into a sinus infection. That may be true, but I'm out of breath easily and wheezing. I think I may be going into bronchitis. I do have a nebulizer and some medicine for it. I may see if that helps, and use it at night. I've swept so far, and the mopping is nigh. I'm also doing laundry, as I didn't for two weeks and I have one purple pair of pants left (hey, I liked the alliteration), and no other pants or shorts to speak of. I'm running around in pyjama pants and a t-shirt in the house right now, and those were both leftovers, the shirt from yesterday and the pants from the dirty clothes.
Anyway, I guess I'm mostly back. The house is better--I did the dishes and bathroom and trash. Thursday night I took the trash containers to the kerb and did a thorough job on the cat boxes, as they'd gotten bad while we were sick. I need to get something stronger for the shower, like Kaboom, to take care of some of the stuff on the tile. But otherwise, things are better, and I do feel better.
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