wherein Liz is ill

[edenfalling]

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.

Comments

[cherokee1.livejournal.com]

gotta be careful with those little illnesses, they can blow up big with neglect.
body says sleep? sleep.
I hope you feel better soon.
C

[edenfalling]

I got another 5.5 hours of sleep and am now wide awake in the middle of the night. *sigh* Oh well, at least I can try getting some writing done. Sometimes I make reasonable progress when slightly fuzzy on NyQuil.

[autumnia]

I hope you feel better soon! I've been sick since the New Year and only now is it nearly over and done with. Just drink lots of warm liquids, sleep when you need to and pile on the extra layers to keep warm.

[edenfalling]

Since New Year's? Ick. I'm glad you're feeling better now!

The interminable cold is what I am trying to avoid -- I figure if I knock it out before it really gets its hooks in, I will miss fewer days of work overall and probably infect fewer of my coworkers while I'm at it. So I am drinking lots of fruit juice, cranking up the thermostat, and wrapping myself in an afghan. *sigh*