So I was driving back from New Jersey and about fifteen miles south of the New York/Pennsylvania border the universe slugged me in the face with a bag of sand and said, "SLEEP. NOW." I struggled gamely onward to the New York welcome center rest area, took a 15-minute nap, and hoped that was the end of the problem.
Except about two miles before I reached Owego, I got fuzzy again. So I took another 15-minute nap at the Wendy's before I bought dinner.
And then it happened again as I drove through Danby, and by the time I was heading down South Hill into Ithaca proper I was so tired I was literally dizzy. So as soon as I got home and carried all my stuff inside, I went to bed and (after a few minutes of excruciating pain; driving is not good for my back) was out like a light.
Until I woke up about two and a half hours later, achy and shivering, and realized I had a goddamn fever.
:-(
I am up right now because I hurt too much to fall asleep again. When my aspirin dose runs out, I am going to take a combo of Tylenol and ibuprofen instead, so as to hit the fever and the joint aches at the same time. Hopefully that will work.
I still think I will have to call in sick, though. Dammit. My coworkers are going to kill me.
Except about two miles before I reached Owego, I got fuzzy again. So I took another 15-minute nap at the Wendy's before I bought dinner.
And then it happened again as I drove through Danby, and by the time I was heading down South Hill into Ithaca proper I was so tired I was literally dizzy. So as soon as I got home and carried all my stuff inside, I went to bed and (after a few minutes of excruciating pain; driving is not good for my back) was out like a light.
Until I woke up about two and a half hours later, achy and shivering, and realized I had a goddamn fever.
:-(
I am up right now because I hurt too much to fall asleep again. When my aspirin dose runs out, I am going to take a combo of Tylenol and ibuprofen instead, so as to hit the fever and the joint aches at the same time. Hopefully that will work.
I still think I will have to call in sick, though. Dammit. My coworkers are going to kill me.
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Date: 2012-09-28 07:21 pm (UTC)