Jan. 16th, 2012

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I was coming down with a cold yesterday afternoon, so PM told me to call RE and get him to work my shift today, which I did and he agreed to do. So that's all right, aside from the whole being sick thing.

I then drove home (I'd driven to work because it was disgustingly cold and also snowing, and I could not face a mile+ walk in that kind of weather), ate dinner, and promptly went to bed.

I slept about 13.5 hours.

Now I am up and showered and breakfasted, and I want nothing more than to go right back to bed and sleep another ten hours. My throat is still sore (though not quite as badly), my nose is slightly stuffy in addition to the mucus-running-down-my-throat thing, I am a bit achy around the joints, and I suspect I'm running a low grade fever -- pretty much business as usual for a not-quite-arrived-yet cold -- but the main symptom is just this lead-weight exhaustion. Which seems like a pathetic excuse for wondering if I can get tomorrow's shift reduced from 12-9pm down to only 4-9pm. I mean, I'm not that sick anymore, right? And if I keep sleeping, I will continue to get better, right?

Except I know from experience that if I push too hard, I will relapse and get fully sick and then it will take a week and a half to beat this thing. Which nobody wants.

...

I'm going to call PM and ask for the reduced shift.

Then I am getting back into my pajamas and taking a nap.

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