its getting worse

This is so utterly... Unfair... untimely... and just so very wrong.

I thought that when you get medication that it is supposed to make you feel better... not worse! This darn antibiotic is so kicking my butt... they told me that it's side effects are nausea and diarrhea and that I should take it with breakfast and dinner... so that already causes an issue... as I DO NOT eat breakfast... I know, I know... its the MOST important meal of the day... but I firmly believe in not eating until you are hungry... but while I'm on this antibiotic I have to force myself to eat breakfast at 7:30 in the morning - which I think is so totally bogus and its making me feel worse! Oh well I guess I'll just have to 'suck it up Princess' and deal for the next 8 mornings.

So last night was rough... the Advair didn't help my breathing... I had another fever... I had the shivering problem again (although it wasn't as bad as the last time)... and Chris and I ended up staying up past midnight until I fell asleep on the couch. Poor Chris, he had work to do last night and didn't do it so he could sit with me and make me feel better... Sometimes I don't feel like I deserve him... he's such a good man.

I think the lack of sleep is starting to run me down too... thinking back... I haven't had a good night's sleep in a week... even with the awesomeness of NyQuil...

On the bright side... it is a long weekend, so I'll be able to sleep and nap and just relax. AND a SUPER BONUS... my mom is coming up... and no one makes you feel better like your mom right??

waiting

Ok, so I'm not the sort of gal that goes to see doctors... I mean you wait forever to see them for 2 minutes, most of which they spend reading your chart... But Tuesday had me sitting in a waiting room - by my own choice - waiting to see the clinic doctor.

I ended up having to wait for three hours... all the time listening to the receptionist telling people that the wait time was only going to be an hour... yeah... RIGHT! I mean seriously?? Why not tell people the truth instead of wasting their time? I guess it could have been worse I could have been waiting at the hospital for 8 hours right?

Anyhoo... I finally get to see the doctor (for about 4 minutes)... and guess what? He tells me I have bronchitis and that I'm wheezing like an asthmatic... and gives me a prescription for antibiotics and an Advair diskus...

To borrow a phrase from a good buddy of mine... 'this is so totally Weak Sauce man!!'

So thank you to my husband who gave me his cold/flu... and thanks to my own immune system for mutating it into something much worse.

Sick of being... well... sick!

6 days and counting... of being sick I mean. It started out as just a stomach bug, but now its congesting my lungs like a Japanese train car. I should've known though, after all my hubby had a wicked cold when I had my stomach bug and he ALWAYS shares with me... I wish he wouldn't!

Yesterday was so bad. I went to work and I just kept feeling more and more sick and by the end of the day I just wanted to crawl into bed and die... well not literally die... but definitely be dead to the world for the night.

I felt like I had a fever so when I got home I grabbed my thermometer... its battery was dead... so I grabbed the basal thermometer... its battery was also dead. Figures eh? I curled up on the sofa with my blanket in defeat... I just couldn't seem to make my feet warm up.

My darling hubby (who gave me this sickness btw) went out and got batteries for the thermometer and brought home yummy Chinese food... he's so sweet!

About the fever? yeah it was 101... but it went back down to normal by about 11.

Went to bed around midnight, but ended up waking up at 1, 2, 3 and 4 with coughing. Got out of bed at 2 to get more Kleenex and something to drink - I started shivering uncontrollably, but super weird thing is that I didn't feel cold, but I couldn't stop shaking. Even when I managed to get back into bed, it didn't stop. So weird...

Upside to this is that I think I feel a little better today... we'll just have to wait and see if it lasts!

Envy

There are people in this world that have a happy expression on their faces all the time... I used to be one of them and I'm trying really hard to get myself back there! So now everytime I see a happy-tastic person I get a little green around the gills so to speak.

I'm trying to figure out what is different in my life now. Comparing the sublimely happy me to the me that I am right now.

Now don't get me wrong... I am NOT a sadsack or depressed, I'm just not as happy-go-lucky as I used to be.

Maybe its the weather - I mean its almost April and we still have a lot of snow on the ground... oh yeah and its snowing right now!!! ewww

Maybe once its warmer and I can spend a lot more time outdoors it'll be better... but come on!! I LIVE in CANADA!!! 2/3's of our year is crap weather!! we really only get from maybe May-September with warmish weather... that's only FOUR months of joy! But I hope this year I remember to take advantage of the joy of the Big Blue Room... Plus we're going on a cruise at the end of September to Hawaii so thats some more cause for happy-happy!!

Thinking about the past... I used to really get a lot of joy out of crafts and baking and that sort of thing... so I think my plans for the weekend will include finding my breadmaker, baking some awesome raisin bread, cleaning up my craft room and making something awesome.... I think I'll call my mom too... She's super awesome!! I'll call my sister too... She's so great!!

Well... this was a weird post, but I'm glad its out there! It looks like I have a plan... I like plans! Now all I need is a checklist... I like checklists... makes it feel like you've gotten so much accomplished... :P

Happy Birthday

wow... my neice is 18 today...

wow...

wow...

I knew it would happen, I just keep saying wow, with a dumbfounded look on my face... I mean really... wasn't she just a little baby like yesterday???

I'll find some pictures from her life and post them... she is such an awesome gal!!

I love you Kimmy!! You will always be a little girl to me! Happy 18th Birthday!

trouble sleeping

I know this reeks of randomness... but I just have to ask...

Did you have trouble sleeping last night??

My hubby and I did... it was so weird! Went to bed at 10... tossed and turned until 11:30. Had heartburn so I got up and had some milk. Went back to bed... couldn't get relaxed. Thought about getting up and watching TV or playing on the PS3, didn't do either. 1:00 came around and I was still awake... Chris was too... we opened the window and let the cold awesome air into the room... still awake at 2:30... The night air felt nice, but the light coming through yonder window sucked!! I think I managed to fall asleep around 3:30 or 4...

Uber strange thing - I'm not tired today.

Extra awesome weirdness... I'm not the only one at work today who didn't sleep well last night... I wonder if there is something in the Edmonton air last night??

Totally Stuck in my Head!!

Some songs just stick in your head like peanut butter on the roof of your mouth. Here are some of the more sticky songs turned into YouTube videos!

awesome tire
Chimpanzee Riding on a Segway
Harry Potter and the mysterious ticking noise
Badger Song
Llama Song
Gummy Bear Song
Dramatic hamster

I hope at least one of these gets stuck in your head too!!