The Sickness
Thursday morning I woke up around 6 am, about half an hour before my alarm was set to go off. I lay there trying to go back to sleep for about 20 minutes, but gave up and got up. I had a new workout video I wanted to try anyway. For some reason, even though I woke early I was dragging, and wasn't ready to do my work out until after 7.
The video includes a warm up, 6 six minute circuits (3 mins cardio, 2 mins strength training, and one minute abs), and a cool down. I pushed myself hard through three of the circuits, and by the start of the fourth I could go no further. I was exhausted! I was sweating like mad! I skipped ahead to the cooldown, and to be honest, had a difficult time with the stretching too!
I collapsed on my bed, enjoying the cooling breeze of the ceiling fan on my sweat soaked skin and hair. It was probably 10 minutes before I could drag myself into the shower.
Ah, the shower. I did not want to ever get out. I let the hot water relax me until there wasn't any hot water left.
Not knowing why a few minutes missed sleep and a short simple workout would leave me so exhausted, I dressed and drove to work.
I realized something was really wrong when getting out of the car was a painful and tedious task. The walk to the office from the parking lot just about made me pass out.
Turned out, everyone on my side of the building was suddenly hit with this flu. Half of us showed up to work before it hit us. My temperature was high and my skin was super sensitive and I just kept shivering! I stayed, and worked, until my sister came to pick me up at around 2:30 because I didn't even trust myself to drive.
And so, here I've been since then. Medicating on over the counters, trying to kill the headache and fever, trying to sleep despite the clogged sinuses and raw throat.
I was supposed to go see Flogging Molly play today. It is a beautiful day, too. Instead, I'll sit here, sweating in my hot room, reading books and Deathly Hallows theories until my eyes hurt too much to keep them open.
I hope this goes away quickly. I feel half dead, and just when I was starting to figure out how to live again.
The video includes a warm up, 6 six minute circuits (3 mins cardio, 2 mins strength training, and one minute abs), and a cool down. I pushed myself hard through three of the circuits, and by the start of the fourth I could go no further. I was exhausted! I was sweating like mad! I skipped ahead to the cooldown, and to be honest, had a difficult time with the stretching too!
I collapsed on my bed, enjoying the cooling breeze of the ceiling fan on my sweat soaked skin and hair. It was probably 10 minutes before I could drag myself into the shower.
Ah, the shower. I did not want to ever get out. I let the hot water relax me until there wasn't any hot water left.
Not knowing why a few minutes missed sleep and a short simple workout would leave me so exhausted, I dressed and drove to work.
I realized something was really wrong when getting out of the car was a painful and tedious task. The walk to the office from the parking lot just about made me pass out.
Turned out, everyone on my side of the building was suddenly hit with this flu. Half of us showed up to work before it hit us. My temperature was high and my skin was super sensitive and I just kept shivering! I stayed, and worked, until my sister came to pick me up at around 2:30 because I didn't even trust myself to drive.
And so, here I've been since then. Medicating on over the counters, trying to kill the headache and fever, trying to sleep despite the clogged sinuses and raw throat.
I was supposed to go see Flogging Molly play today. It is a beautiful day, too. Instead, I'll sit here, sweating in my hot room, reading books and Deathly Hallows theories until my eyes hurt too much to keep them open.
I hope this goes away quickly. I feel half dead, and just when I was starting to figure out how to live again.