Sickness Update

Update on what's going on this week:

I'm sick. Like, really sick. It started 2 nights ago, when I started getting the shivers. I am one who is normally cold (bad circulation in fingertips and toes), but give me a blanket, and I'll be fine. But I couldn't get warm that night, at all. I was shivering uncontrollably under 2 blankets. After 6 hours of sleeping uncomfortably in a chair in our den, I was finally warmed up. I got up (this is yesterday) and felt lousy all day. Fortunately, it was a snow day (number 15 million, I swear), and I didn't have anything going on all day. Then, last night, I felt fine, but couldn't make it up to my bed because I was so dead tired.

This morning, I woke up and BAM. It hit me. I couldn't move my limbs. I felt like I had gotten beaten up last night, and every muscle ached. I called off of work, as did Mom, who is feeling generally the same symptoms, but feeling them much worse. I woke up at 5:15 to see Dad off to work, and then went back to sleep until 7:30, when I woke up to have breakfast. I crawled back under the covers on the couch, and fell asleep until 10:30. I tried to lift my head, but it felt like my head was the size of a watermelon and weighed as much as one of those giant pumpkins you see winning fair prizes. I couldn't lift my arms and couldn't move my legs. I (begrudgingly) got off the couch and took 2 pain pills. Within 2 hours, I felt good enough to eat and had lunch. For the rest of the day, I felt ok, but very tired.

Mom started feeling better around 4:30...which is just when I started feeling worse. My nose started plugging up, my head felt full, and a sore throat is starting to form. Currently, my nose is super congested, so anytime I try to blow my nose....nothing happens except more plugging up....

Hopefully, next week will be a better week....as we creep closer to the Lent season and musical time, I'm afraid of how this cold/congestion crap will affect my accumulating schedule...