… as usual. But THIS time, I have an excuse. I’m sick. I’ve been sick since Sunday night. It started with a little chill, then a little headache. Monday morning found me with a sore throat and the kind of headache that turns into something that feels like I’m being stabbed whenever I move my head a little. Driving was out of the question. What an excellent excuse for calling in sick! Too bad I was actually sick. So I took a day off and slept most of the day and found myself sicker at night, shivering inside a blanket wearing a sweat shirt at 76°F.

Tuesday morning, I woke up early because my throat hurt so much I couldn’t swallow spit. Of all things, I didn’t know that was going to hurt like a son of a bitch and I didn’t know I swallowed saliva that often. I was worse off than the day before, so I called in sick again and slept the day away dragging myself around to take the dogs out from time to time. Why do my legs hurt when I’m sick with cold? And fingers! Fingers hurt! Why do fingers hurt? Every fucking joint in my hand hurt like a mofo. Why?

Both days, I was wearing 3 layers of clothes and slept under 2 blankets, sometimes sweating and sometimes shivering. I don’t know why it is that I can never get it right. I mean, I keep bundling myself up until I’m not shivering any more from cold, then I start sweating. I peel one layer off me, then I start shivering. I put a layer back on, and I start sweating. Why is that?

Anyways. Let me ask you something. When you’re sick like that, do you take a shower everyday? Cause I don’t. No, I can’t. I absolutely dread it because, look. When I’m wearing 3 layers of clothes and wrapped up in a blanket and still feel cold, I ain’t gonna voluntarily shed all that and get naked and jump into a shower. I. Don’t. Think so. And the chill after turning that shower off! Brrrrr… It gives me a shudder just thinking about it. So last night I stunk to high heavens with all that sweating for two days and no shower, which became a problem when I couldn’t find any pain killer for the headache anywhere. I tried to just fight the headache off with my will. I tried so I wouldn’t have to get out of my house where I can stink up the place without anybody complaining. But the headache was monumental. It had its way with me and I had to take a shower so that I could go into a drug store and not get kicked out for stinking up the place. What an ordeal it was! Is it just me? Do you guys shower everyday when you’re sick like this?