Flu season and crazy cat ladies
I've been sick with the flu since last Thursday now. I've had a small fever on and off for the past three days. I watched Moulin Rouge from TV the other night and I tried singing along to some of the songs, but I had to stop because I sounded so funny. My nose was so clogged up that I sounded like Nylon beat x10. Today my nose hasn't been running as bad, but I'm starting to develop a nice coff.
I can't remember the last time that I had a flu with a fever and everything. I've been very healthy. According to my blog the last time that I was sick was in 2010. And I had the swine flu in 2009 and I was really sick for two weeks. I lost two kilos of weight and everything. It took me a year and half to gain the lost weight back. I was very miffed about it. I must've been sick at least once since 2010. Maybe I just didn't write about it. I usually have some kind of flu once or twice a year. I remember that I've missed one choir practise during the past year, but it was just a sore throat or something.
Last night when I was home alone and sick it dawned on me that the crazy cat ladies aren't actually that crazy. When you're alone a cat can be a big comfort. If you're living alone and feel lonely, getting a cat for company is a very sensible thing to do. I would feel a lot more sorry for the lonely old ladies who don't have a cat (or a dog). I dunno, I tend to get weepy when I'm running a fever, which is probably why I thought about this last night. I don't understand why it's socially more acceptable to look down own lonely women when they have a cat than when they don't have a cat. I feel that I'm still a bit too young to be a cat lady, but I'm getting there. But I very rarely feel lonely. It's a stage of mind. You can be alone and not feel lonely, and you can also be surrounded by people and feel lonely.
I didn't mean to get all philosophical and so I'm going to stop right here and get to bed. It's very late and I need to rest and try to get better so that I wouldn't miss more work.
I can't remember the last time that I had a flu with a fever and everything. I've been very healthy. According to my blog the last time that I was sick was in 2010. And I had the swine flu in 2009 and I was really sick for two weeks. I lost two kilos of weight and everything. It took me a year and half to gain the lost weight back. I was very miffed about it. I must've been sick at least once since 2010. Maybe I just didn't write about it. I usually have some kind of flu once or twice a year. I remember that I've missed one choir practise during the past year, but it was just a sore throat or something.
Last night when I was home alone and sick it dawned on me that the crazy cat ladies aren't actually that crazy. When you're alone a cat can be a big comfort. If you're living alone and feel lonely, getting a cat for company is a very sensible thing to do. I would feel a lot more sorry for the lonely old ladies who don't have a cat (or a dog). I dunno, I tend to get weepy when I'm running a fever, which is probably why I thought about this last night. I don't understand why it's socially more acceptable to look down own lonely women when they have a cat than when they don't have a cat. I feel that I'm still a bit too young to be a cat lady, but I'm getting there. But I very rarely feel lonely. It's a stage of mind. You can be alone and not feel lonely, and you can also be surrounded by people and feel lonely.
I didn't mean to get all philosophical and so I'm going to stop right here and get to bed. It's very late and I need to rest and try to get better so that I wouldn't miss more work.