The Mother of All Colds

Uuuuuggggghhhhh!! Let me start by saying, I hate being sick! I'm not good at it but, thankfully, I don't get sick often. But, when it gets me, it gets me good! I don't think I've been this sick since 2nd grade, in Mrs. Gordon's class when I had Bronchitis. I've caught the horrible, awful, no good, very bad cold that has been passed around throughout my family. Joe started getting sick on Monday night and by Tuesday, I was already sick.

It started with vomit (gross, I know), then turned into terrible body aches. I'm talking every bit of my body ached, even my teeth. I felt like I had been run over by a car. I went back and forth from shivers to burning up and slept away pretty much the whole day Wednesday. Thursday I woke up, still feeling not so good but figured I could tough it out and go to work. Bad idea. On my drive to work I was already regretting my decision. I lasted until about 11:00 before I decided to head home. The body aches stopped yesterday but my head was still very heavy and very congested and my neck muscles were very sore. I was able to keep food down so that was good. Actually, the silver lining here is that I've lost 3 pounds. Not really the most glamorous way to lose weight but is there really a glamorous way to lose weight?

Pushing myself to try to feel better really backfired on me. Last night I started feeling awful again. I was nauseous, had a fever and chills, body aches, a terrible headache, and a stuffy nose so stuffy it kept me awake. I was also very hungry but afraid to eat anything because of the nausea. I couldn't sleep, I was tossing and turning trying to find the most comfortable position that still allowed me to breathe through my nose. I am terribly afraid to sleep with my mouth open. I'm afraid bugs will crawl in while I sleep and I'll swallow them. Irrational, maybe, but a fear nonetheless. I finally got out of bed and started a search for anything in my house that would make me feel better. My search of the medicine cabinets turned up nothing. Some leftover fertility drugs, some Pepcid and Tums, Tylenol, and some band aids. I did look twice at some ear medication for the dogs but decided it probably wouldn't work for me.

I finally decided that the only thing that would make me feel better was Oreos and milk. So, I was up until 2am eating Oreos and watching That 70's Show. So much for the 3 pounds I lost, right?! I did finally get to sleep and I slept ok. I woke up this morning and feel a little better but I'm definitely not going to push it. I'm going to take today and really rest. My body needs it.

This cold is really putting a damper on my weekend plans too. I was supposed to go to Jacksonville to see Lindsey and the baby but I don't want to put either of them at risk of catching this cold. I'm so sad because I really want to see them both. Hopefully I'll be able to make it up next weekend.

Anyway, I hope you all are out there having very happy and very HEALTHY days! I hope to be back to healthy myself very soon!