I'm still here
I've been having a kind of shitty month or so, so i haven't felt too compelled to write. The month before that was pretty good...but then shit got fucked again.
I'm sick with a cold, it's starting to feel pretty serious, just like the last one. Ben is going to take me to Urgent Care tomorrow. Even with OTC cold meds and a mouth full of cough drops i was losing my voice and having an impossible time trying to suppress deep, wracking, mucous-filled coughs at work...NOT SO GOOD for working in a kitchen with an open window out to the restaurant. Even though i caught all my coughs and sneezes in the shoulder and elbow of my sleeve (as opposed to hands, which is a big no no in food service...never cough into your hands) i still felt miserable and sounded disgusting...so i called in a co-worker, tipped her for her trouble and went home.
Still feeling sick as shit but now that i am out of the work kitchen i feel a lot better. You'd be surprised (or maybe you wouldn't) at how much the grease, fumes and smoke in an industrial kitchen can make you feel worse when you are already ill. I swear, some of the flattop grill grease just atomizes...not just turning to smoke...when you get home you can feel it coating all of your exposed skin, and often dark, scary things get picked out of your nose directly after, so i guess it really isn't/shouldn't be a surprise how bad that environment can be for someone who already is having respiratory issues.
I am hoping things improve, and soon. Not just health-wise. Money-wise too, and in a lot of other, emotionally charged areas. I really want things and situations in my life to improve. They NEED to.
I'm sick with a cold, it's starting to feel pretty serious, just like the last one. Ben is going to take me to Urgent Care tomorrow. Even with OTC cold meds and a mouth full of cough drops i was losing my voice and having an impossible time trying to suppress deep, wracking, mucous-filled coughs at work...NOT SO GOOD for working in a kitchen with an open window out to the restaurant. Even though i caught all my coughs and sneezes in the shoulder and elbow of my sleeve (as opposed to hands, which is a big no no in food service...never cough into your hands) i still felt miserable and sounded disgusting...so i called in a co-worker, tipped her for her trouble and went home.
Still feeling sick as shit but now that i am out of the work kitchen i feel a lot better. You'd be surprised (or maybe you wouldn't) at how much the grease, fumes and smoke in an industrial kitchen can make you feel worse when you are already ill. I swear, some of the flattop grill grease just atomizes...not just turning to smoke...when you get home you can feel it coating all of your exposed skin, and often dark, scary things get picked out of your nose directly after, so i guess it really isn't/shouldn't be a surprise how bad that environment can be for someone who already is having respiratory issues.
I am hoping things improve, and soon. Not just health-wise. Money-wise too, and in a lot of other, emotionally charged areas. I really want things and situations in my life to improve. They NEED to.