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writers30days. I had every intention of putting my all into the challenge and getting at least most of them done. Hey, I won NaNo the last 3 years running. If I can write 50k+ words in 30 days I could surely write 15 short stories.
And then life interrupted. First my daughter's birthday party on the 2nd. Should have probably seen that one coming. Then her actual birthday on the 5th and my husband took the day off so we went to the zoo and had a great time. Then that Friday (the 8th) we took a day trip over to Multnomah Falls. It was a beautiful day but high pollen counts decimated my sinuses. I'm just not used to the allergens in this area of the country for sure. The kids were also out of school that whole week for spring break. Back to school the next week I was sick/suffering from allergies most of that week but managed to write some.
Then, next thing I know, it's Easter time. We're not religious but the kids enjoy decorating eggs and I like to cook a big meal. Problem was sometime around the Tuesday before I started feeling sick again. I figured it was more allergies or a little cold. I started feeling better so was looking forward to Easter and some nice weather. Friday we did the last of our shopping. I started feeling really ill that night. Saturday I barely did anything. By that night I was miserable and considering chucking Easter dinner (well, doing it some other time). We could go to the buffet on Easter and get ham but on Friday our garage door decided to stop working (in the up position, of course) so we can't really all leave the house. We tried to get our landlady to send someone out but it's now Monday and no one has shown up. Eventually some punk kid is going to start snooping in there and take something (lots of stuff stored out there). Sigh.
Easter Sunday I woke up feeling so horrible I wanted to die. It's been awhile since I had a full blown case of the flu but I have no idea what I was hit with. It started with a swelled up throat that only went away if I took 800mg of ibuprofin and 500mg of Tylenol at the same time (every 6 hours). Plus high strength decongestants since my sinuses started draining down the back of my throat. It sucked. But they go so much worse. Saturday night and all day Sunday I ached everywhere. Every joint and every muscle hurt...hurt to move, hurt to be touched. Just hurt. On top of that whenever the Tylenol and Advil wore off I'd suddenly be overcome with the chill and shake violently and could not keep warm no matter what I did. Not until I took more medication and it kicked in. Then I'd get the sweats and be so hot nothing cooled me off. I woke up covered in sweat in the middle of the night, clothes and blankets soaking wet and sticking to me. Bad enough I had to change last night.
Somehow I managed to haul my sorry ass out of bed when my husband got home from work yesterday afternoon (2pm) and make Easter dinner with minimal help from anyone despite wanting to cry and crawl back into bed because I hurt so much and felt so dizzy and shaky. I kept telling myself that I was able to cook a full Easter dinner 5 years earlier, just 10 days after having a c-section and while suffering from a raging uterine infection. Of course, I was still doped up on vicadin back then. But I did it, managed to force down a plate of ham that I could barely taste because of my sinuses and then went to bed. Got up and cleaned up the entire mess while everyone else sat around watching TV and relaxing. Then went back to bed. I tried to read but fell asleep with my e-reader still on, sitting in my hand. It wasn't even 10pm yet. Slept fitfully until 1am, had to get up and change my clothes because I was soaking wet then read until 4am and fell back asleep. Ugh.
I can't remember feeling this crappy in a long time. So now there are 5 days left of the challenge and I'm still sick, dizzy, having trouble concentrating and definitely not writing. I just want to sleep until Memorial Day.
Only good thing, I guess, is no one else has gotten what I have. There is no way the kids could go to school like this. I can barely get out of bed. The baby got a runny nose but otherwise seems fine.
writers30days. I had every intention of putting my all into the challenge and getting at least most of them done. Hey, I won NaNo the last 3 years running. If I can write 50k+ words in 30 days I could surely write 15 short stories.And then life interrupted. First my daughter's birthday party on the 2nd. Should have probably seen that one coming. Then her actual birthday on the 5th and my husband took the day off so we went to the zoo and had a great time. Then that Friday (the 8th) we took a day trip over to Multnomah Falls. It was a beautiful day but high pollen counts decimated my sinuses. I'm just not used to the allergens in this area of the country for sure. The kids were also out of school that whole week for spring break. Back to school the next week I was sick/suffering from allergies most of that week but managed to write some.
Then, next thing I know, it's Easter time. We're not religious but the kids enjoy decorating eggs and I like to cook a big meal. Problem was sometime around the Tuesday before I started feeling sick again. I figured it was more allergies or a little cold. I started feeling better so was looking forward to Easter and some nice weather. Friday we did the last of our shopping. I started feeling really ill that night. Saturday I barely did anything. By that night I was miserable and considering chucking Easter dinner (well, doing it some other time). We could go to the buffet on Easter and get ham but on Friday our garage door decided to stop working (in the up position, of course) so we can't really all leave the house. We tried to get our landlady to send someone out but it's now Monday and no one has shown up. Eventually some punk kid is going to start snooping in there and take something (lots of stuff stored out there). Sigh.
Easter Sunday I woke up feeling so horrible I wanted to die. It's been awhile since I had a full blown case of the flu but I have no idea what I was hit with. It started with a swelled up throat that only went away if I took 800mg of ibuprofin and 500mg of Tylenol at the same time (every 6 hours). Plus high strength decongestants since my sinuses started draining down the back of my throat. It sucked. But they go so much worse. Saturday night and all day Sunday I ached everywhere. Every joint and every muscle hurt...hurt to move, hurt to be touched. Just hurt. On top of that whenever the Tylenol and Advil wore off I'd suddenly be overcome with the chill and shake violently and could not keep warm no matter what I did. Not until I took more medication and it kicked in. Then I'd get the sweats and be so hot nothing cooled me off. I woke up covered in sweat in the middle of the night, clothes and blankets soaking wet and sticking to me. Bad enough I had to change last night.
Somehow I managed to haul my sorry ass out of bed when my husband got home from work yesterday afternoon (2pm) and make Easter dinner with minimal help from anyone despite wanting to cry and crawl back into bed because I hurt so much and felt so dizzy and shaky. I kept telling myself that I was able to cook a full Easter dinner 5 years earlier, just 10 days after having a c-section and while suffering from a raging uterine infection. Of course, I was still doped up on vicadin back then. But I did it, managed to force down a plate of ham that I could barely taste because of my sinuses and then went to bed. Got up and cleaned up the entire mess while everyone else sat around watching TV and relaxing. Then went back to bed. I tried to read but fell asleep with my e-reader still on, sitting in my hand. It wasn't even 10pm yet. Slept fitfully until 1am, had to get up and change my clothes because I was soaking wet then read until 4am and fell back asleep. Ugh.
I can't remember feeling this crappy in a long time. So now there are 5 days left of the challenge and I'm still sick, dizzy, having trouble concentrating and definitely not writing. I just want to sleep until Memorial Day.
Only good thing, I guess, is no one else has gotten what I have. There is no way the kids could go to school like this. I can barely get out of bed. The baby got a runny nose but otherwise seems fine.
