Bleah...
Yup, I'm sick...
Not severely, thankfully, but enough to be miserable. According to a newspaper article, the "Back to School Flu" is going around and it seems that the Kidling brought it home. It's not a true Influezna, but it shares many of the same symptoms. I spent the night tossing and turning, not able to get any real sleep; this morning my chest and throat are aching (despite taking Echinacia and Cold-FX), my nose is burning, and my voice is down to a croak. The Munchkin is sick too, and it's only a matter of time before Trixstir comes down with it.
The Kidling on the other hand, is well on the road to recovery. He's still got a cough, but the rest of his symptoms are gone. Mind, he's always coughing and hacking, so it's hard to tell it the current cough is from the virus or just his normal routine. If he'd learn to close his mouth and breathe through his nose, he wouldn't get so many bugs, but he just won't learn. I've tried to break him of the habit for years now, and he just keeps doing it; I guess he's just doomed to be a "mouth breather" for the rest of his life. :/
I don't like taking time off work unless I'm deathly ill, but at the same time I really don't want to spread this to my co-workers, nor do I want to get any worse myself. Plus, a lot of my job requires talking on the phone and my voice is not up-to-par with that right now. So I'm spending the day (at least for today) at home, slathered in Vics Vap-O-Rub, drinking lots of fluids, and trying to rest. :P