Sickie

Doesn't it seem like I was just sick? Why yes, I was: in October and before that in August. What gives?? I dunno, but I started feeling those familiar tingles over the weekend and woke up Monday feeling like I had been hit by a dump truck. I went to work and did my best to go through the motions, but it was not happening. When my boss asked me to do something and I spontaneously burst into tears, we both realized that I needed to go home. I spent the majority of the afternoon and evening curled up on the couch with a pounding headache and chills coursing through me. Taking Tylenol at regular intervals was the only thing that kept me feeling slightly human.

Fortunately I was able to get a decent sleep and felt a little better Tuesday morning. I decided to give myself the time to recover and called in sick, since I was definitely not feeling 100%. The headache and fever seemed to have passed, and I was left with just a sore throat, congested head, running nose and dry cough.

The plan was to take it easy, but I quickly got restless and found myself getting caught up in cleaning the house and last minute preparations for Christmas. I went to the gym as well, hoping that a light run and workout might help me sweat it out. Although I didn't do a whole lot of relaxing, I was feeling better as the day went on.

Today the cold symptoms linger, but I'm back to work to get caught up before the holidays. 1.5 days until Christmas Vacation!

Stay healthy!

HBBC Ongoing Tally: Week of Dec. 18-24
Dec. 18 - run (6.6), Bootcamp (4), F&V (1) = 11.6
Dec. 19 - run (10.9)
Dec. 20 - 0
Dec. 21 - run (6.2), strength./aerobics class (4), F&V (1) = 11.2
=33.7