No whooping cough for me! Yay! Still a bit cough-a-riffic, but no longer contagious. Woooooooooo*hackcoughwheeze*

OK, maybe I need to hold off on the celebration just yet. :)

So, for the last week or two I've been feeling pretty crappy - congested, coughing like crazy, overall achy and bleh. Now, the achy, I could explain pretty easily, as my office went paintballing on Friday, and I'm not exactly in paintball shape. I've got some impressive bruises, and my right arm was killing me the next day. But after a few days ( Read more... )

Another holiday season passed. We spent the weekend before Christmas with my mom, which went well as always. Actual Christmas was with Eric's folks this year, with minimal drama, though I believe Eric's mom is getting to be more comfortable with me, because she's starting to be a bit more...blatant in her comments about my weight ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning with a bad case of the woozies, so I stayed home from work and spent most of the day in bed sewing and watching NCIS on DVD. The kitties decided that the best place to be was snuggled up with me.

Feina at my feet

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Back at work today. Not a ton to do, but at least that means I'm not horrifically behind, either.

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Woo, I'm contagious! Possibly not strep - will know that for sure tomorrow (they decided to do the "more sensitive" overnight test), but probably a virus. I'm to stay home for the rest of the week (sorry, Katie, no Game Night), take anti-inflammatories, and gargle with salt water (BLEH!). So, yeah. Called my boss (so she could also hear my oh- ( Read more... )

Woke up this morning (after a total of maybe 3 hours' sleep) with a throat that burns at the mere thought of swallowing, much less the action. My sinuses appear unhealthily icky, as well. Looks like I'm off to the walk-in clinic after I drop Eric off at work. My boss is going to be SO thrilled. Thank heavens it's a slow time of month, but still ( Read more... )

So, as many of you know, Eric's grandfather passed away on Sunday. He was pretty sick before he got the news, to the point of dry-heaving. He still wasn't doing great on Monday, so I stayed home with him to make sure he was ok (and to make sure he ate). My boss was cool with it, especially since I'd warned her before that this could be the case ( Read more... )

Well, technically, back at work again, but you know what I mean. Christmas was good overall, if exhausting. It was very very nice to be back in my own bed last night ( Read more... )

Home from work today. I'd made a promise to my supervisor and manager at our last meeting (first week of October, I believe) that I would do my best not to miss any more work until the end of the year. well, waking up with lack-of-sleep nausea, headache of DOOM, and having a panic attack is apparently all too much for me to deal with, because I'm ( Read more... )