Evil Germs
Being sick sucks. It started last Friday with a little tickle in my throat. Saturday during my race, it was a fairly annoying congestion and sore throat ( made it hard/unappetizing to drink/eat ). Sunday, I started the day with a hot shower, and dayquil, and felt fine. Just a few sniffles. Okay, I figured it was just a minor little cold.
Monday morning rolled around, feeling significantly better. Yay! Took the day off from training, as I figured I could use a day of rest, plus I didn't want to stress my body while I was getting over being sick, as I've got another race coming up on the 26th, and I want to make sure I'm well for that one, as it's my last race of this season, and I want to end on a positive note. Tuesday comes, and I'm feeling not so hot again. Take some more dayquil, and am feeling better. My bowling league is starting up that night, so I go to that after work, figuring that'll be my exercise for the day, planning to still take it easy until I"m sure that I'm over the cold. I ended up doing awsome at bowling, considering I haven't bowled since May, use house balls, and don't have any kind of hook. My games were 140, 167, and 164. Ended up with the second highest average on our team, which I was not expecting. Of course, I've now screwed my handicap for the rest of the season if I can't bowl like that again.
Early to bed on Tuesday, doing everything I can to make sure I get better quickly. Wake up on Wednesday, feeling moderately well. A bit more congestion than before, but otherwise not too bad. About mid-day on Wednesday I just started feeling like death warmed over. I swear that my brain was trying to escape my head through my eye sockets. Not a super fun feeling. Somehow I survived the drive home. Got in the house, and just laid down on my dining room floor as I couldn't bear to move any further. I laid there for about 15 minutes until Taetum got too annoying with licking my face. Managed to get up, take her outside so she could do her 'business', came back in, went up to bedroom, turned off all the lights and crawled in bed for a few hours.
Woke up hungry a few hours later and feeling a lot better again. No idea what it was that hit me like that, but I don't want to go through that again. It sucked bigtime. I think it may have been something related to the storm front moving through, the congestion from my cold, a wee bit of stress from work, and general bad luck.
Feeling better today, and hopefully still will be after work, so that I can go workout. I feel like such a slacker as I've not been to the gym or done any training since my race last Saturday. I do need to rest every now and then though, and I'm not going to work too hard, since I've got another race in a week and a half that I want to be in peak form for.
That's all for now. :)
Monday morning rolled around, feeling significantly better. Yay! Took the day off from training, as I figured I could use a day of rest, plus I didn't want to stress my body while I was getting over being sick, as I've got another race coming up on the 26th, and I want to make sure I'm well for that one, as it's my last race of this season, and I want to end on a positive note. Tuesday comes, and I'm feeling not so hot again. Take some more dayquil, and am feeling better. My bowling league is starting up that night, so I go to that after work, figuring that'll be my exercise for the day, planning to still take it easy until I"m sure that I'm over the cold. I ended up doing awsome at bowling, considering I haven't bowled since May, use house balls, and don't have any kind of hook. My games were 140, 167, and 164. Ended up with the second highest average on our team, which I was not expecting. Of course, I've now screwed my handicap for the rest of the season if I can't bowl like that again.
Early to bed on Tuesday, doing everything I can to make sure I get better quickly. Wake up on Wednesday, feeling moderately well. A bit more congestion than before, but otherwise not too bad. About mid-day on Wednesday I just started feeling like death warmed over. I swear that my brain was trying to escape my head through my eye sockets. Not a super fun feeling. Somehow I survived the drive home. Got in the house, and just laid down on my dining room floor as I couldn't bear to move any further. I laid there for about 15 minutes until Taetum got too annoying with licking my face. Managed to get up, take her outside so she could do her 'business', came back in, went up to bedroom, turned off all the lights and crawled in bed for a few hours.
Woke up hungry a few hours later and feeling a lot better again. No idea what it was that hit me like that, but I don't want to go through that again. It sucked bigtime. I think it may have been something related to the storm front moving through, the congestion from my cold, a wee bit of stress from work, and general bad luck.
Feeling better today, and hopefully still will be after work, so that I can go workout. I feel like such a slacker as I've not been to the gym or done any training since my race last Saturday. I do need to rest every now and then though, and I'm not going to work too hard, since I've got another race in a week and a half that I want to be in peak form for.
That's all for now. :)
posted by Chris Parker at
7:04 AM
2 Comments:
Oh yeah, I had that one in July. Tricksy little bug ... you feel better then worse then better then worse. For me it lasted about 10 days all told.
Let yourself be sick and let yourself heal. I know you want to train, but be careful! < /mom>
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Krisanne, at 8:55 AM
Oh, and bowling? Yes, I realize it involves "teams" and "uniforms" (you really ought to link to those photos of you in your snazzy bowling shirt), but it is not a sport. However, I applaud your efforts to count it as "exercise." ;)
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Krisanne, at 8:56 AM
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