Trick-or-Treat, viral sinus/chest infections, and rock concerts.
Trick-or-treat night went okay. We did several social stories with Nate in advance, and he started out pretty well, saying "trick or treat" and "thank you." After about half an hour, though, he started getting overstimulated, and didn't do so well with talking to the people giving out candy. People were mostly understanding, though (he was wearing his "Safety Alert: I have autism" bracelet). It was rough when he would start tumbling through yards, throwing himself down, etc, though. But we got through it.
To my surprise, the kids in my neighborhood didn't take all the candy and teal pumpkin treats I left out while I was away. It looked like kids actually followed the "please take 1 or 2" sign I had posted, unlike in my old neighborhood, where like 2 kids would take everything.
Shortly after getting home from trick-or-treating, my throat started hurting, and I started running a fever. I spent the next 2 days in bed coughing, feverish, and with a really sore throat.
By Friday, I was feeling better, which was good, because I'd promised my sister I'd go with her to this shitty rock concert. It was a couple of bands I'd never heard of, some side-project by the guy from Buckcherry, and the band Hinder headlining (minus their original singer). My sister was going, because her mother-in-law runs a concert production company, and was bringing them all to town, to a local bar. My sister wanted me to go with her, so she'd have someone to laugh with about the whole thing (we'd had long-running jokes about Hinder). She said she'd pay for my admission, as long as I bought my drinks.
When we got there, I got comped in with her, so she didn't actually have to pay for me. Instead, she paid for a couple of my drinks (yummy bar Long Islands!). One of her friends from work and the friend's brother-in-law also went. The brother-in-law was very withdrawn, and apparently had been struggling a lot mentally recently :-( But I had fun hanging out with my sister and her friend. We all had several drinks, lots of laughs, and even started dancing around and singing along. We got to stand in a separate VIP area, because we knew the staff of the people who'd brought the bands to town. So, that helped a lot with my social anxiety, being away from the crowd.
The concert was actually a little better than we'd expected. One of the unknown bands was mostly decent (Lovesick Radio), and Hinder was pretty entertaining. They covered "Champagne Supernova," which actually fit the new lead singer's voice much better than the actual Hinder songs, LMAO.
After all the time spent talking over loud music, and singing along with the few songs I knew, when I was already a bit hoarse and congested... Well, let's just say severe laryngitis took hold. I spent Saturday and Sunday almost completely unable to talk. I also started running a fever again, and my congestion got worse, along with a pretty bad cough. My whole household had been sick with something similar, but I was a bit sicker than everyone else had been (probably due to my chronic autoimmune issues). Sunday, my wifey took me to an urgent care. They said it's viral, so I don't need antibiotics. But I have to make sure I'm staying hydrated, and have to take capmist for the congestion and cough, as well as using an inhaler, because the doctor said she could hear a little congestion in my lungs.
I'm getting better again, though. I'm still very hoarse, but my voice is much stronger than it was. The congestion is a lot less, too. I'm still coughing a lot, though, especially at night, which has been interrupting my sleep.
So, that's life this past week.
To my surprise, the kids in my neighborhood didn't take all the candy and teal pumpkin treats I left out while I was away. It looked like kids actually followed the "please take 1 or 2" sign I had posted, unlike in my old neighborhood, where like 2 kids would take everything.
Shortly after getting home from trick-or-treating, my throat started hurting, and I started running a fever. I spent the next 2 days in bed coughing, feverish, and with a really sore throat.
By Friday, I was feeling better, which was good, because I'd promised my sister I'd go with her to this shitty rock concert. It was a couple of bands I'd never heard of, some side-project by the guy from Buckcherry, and the band Hinder headlining (minus their original singer). My sister was going, because her mother-in-law runs a concert production company, and was bringing them all to town, to a local bar. My sister wanted me to go with her, so she'd have someone to laugh with about the whole thing (we'd had long-running jokes about Hinder). She said she'd pay for my admission, as long as I bought my drinks.
When we got there, I got comped in with her, so she didn't actually have to pay for me. Instead, she paid for a couple of my drinks (yummy bar Long Islands!). One of her friends from work and the friend's brother-in-law also went. The brother-in-law was very withdrawn, and apparently had been struggling a lot mentally recently :-( But I had fun hanging out with my sister and her friend. We all had several drinks, lots of laughs, and even started dancing around and singing along. We got to stand in a separate VIP area, because we knew the staff of the people who'd brought the bands to town. So, that helped a lot with my social anxiety, being away from the crowd.
The concert was actually a little better than we'd expected. One of the unknown bands was mostly decent (Lovesick Radio), and Hinder was pretty entertaining. They covered "Champagne Supernova," which actually fit the new lead singer's voice much better than the actual Hinder songs, LMAO.
After all the time spent talking over loud music, and singing along with the few songs I knew, when I was already a bit hoarse and congested... Well, let's just say severe laryngitis took hold. I spent Saturday and Sunday almost completely unable to talk. I also started running a fever again, and my congestion got worse, along with a pretty bad cough. My whole household had been sick with something similar, but I was a bit sicker than everyone else had been (probably due to my chronic autoimmune issues). Sunday, my wifey took me to an urgent care. They said it's viral, so I don't need antibiotics. But I have to make sure I'm staying hydrated, and have to take capmist for the congestion and cough, as well as using an inhaler, because the doctor said she could hear a little congestion in my lungs.
I'm getting better again, though. I'm still very hoarse, but my voice is much stronger than it was. The congestion is a lot less, too. I'm still coughing a lot, though, especially at night, which has been interrupting my sleep.
So, that's life this past week.