this is your life. this is your life on cold viruses. any questions?

[edenfalling]

What I did today:

1. Sleep
2. Shower
3. Grocery shopping (NyQuil does not buy itself!)
4. More sleep
5. Shower again
6. Contemplate writing
7. Realize brain feels like it's stuffed with cotton wool
8. Decide against writing
9. Read some stuff
10. Dinner

...

I know perfectly well that I am doing the sensible thing and conserving energy so my body can fight the evil virus invasion, but holy shit, I am so bored. I want my brain to start working properly again please. If my body also gets its act in gear, that would be a lovely bonus.

And now to bed.

Comments

[branchandroot]

*pets you* Being sick /really/ sucks. Perhaps watching some fluffy, mindless anime would help?

[edenfalling]

Weirdly, watching audiovisual media actually requires more mental effort than reading, if only because I have lots and lots of books readily to hand but no set method for finding/streaming/downloading audiovisual stuff. I mean, I think I still have Netflix, but the fact that I have to say "I think I still have" about it tells you how often I use that service. So while watching is brainless, getting set up to watch something takes far more brainpower than I have available right now. Alas.

Instead I have been reading Caine's Law by Matthew Stover, which I have been enjoying very much -- it's weirdly relaxing to read graphically described horrific violence when I am feeling like shit -- though I suspect I will have to go back and reread the first three books in the Acts of Caine series and then read this one while NOT stoned on NyQuil to properly understand what's going on and decide whether I think Stover pulled off his conceit.