Mar 13, 2011
I'm entering week 3 since I got slammed by this flu bug. My head for the most part is clear, so I can think. The cough's causing all sorts of havoc from chest pain to headaches - all that coughing is exhausting.
OTC meds are barely working, but I think I'm wearing the bug down...
I was actually able to lay down & really get some sleep yesterday. That not only felt great, but was a small victory for my side.
Since I'm not foggy headed from meds or the illness, my brains back to thinking whenever I'm not doing something that keeps it occupied. Being sick, having to rest...there's time for my mind to start scheming & plotting as I've tried to sleep prior to Friday. Just for clarification, a cat nap is not real sleep. Neither is dozing, drifting off or all the other little snatches of semi-sleep. Sometimes it's helpful, like a power nap - but other times it's not. As in falling asleep at your computer in your chair where you jerk awake suddenly feeling as if you are falling...not fun & often you're left more sleepy than you started out.
But my issue is with my mind buzzing with ideas, stirring up data & trying to find something I can use to improve my situation. Some things are helpful, but others are not. Trouble is trying to turn it all off so I can get some real rest.
Then of course, every thing I'm supposed to take care of, deal with or handle comes to nag me also. Some of it I can ask my family to do for me...bills that need to be paid & when. Errands that need to be done & stuff like that. Then there are those things that no one can do but me, the stuff only I know how to handle or deal with. Trying to rest & get better, my brain won't stop buzzing about all that I'm letting slide.
Like my freelance work - which has deadlines coming up. I really hate my boss when things are piling up. Won't get off my back about every little thing. Trouble is...I'm the boss! So I'm sorta stuck. Granted, I do slack off & play hooky sometimes. But when I'm sick I could use a break.
But then I can sorta understand the situation - no work, no pay. It's a touch spot to be in.
Thing is I've got over 2 weeks of stuff buzzing like a bunch of angry bees in my head. Things I've wanted to post about & haven't for one reason or another. So I'm about to start writing it all up in word pad & then I'm going to dump all of it in here!
Maybe if I get all this out of my head I'll be able to get things to quiet down for a little while at least. So, expect a bunch of posts real soon...
Hope everyone has a nice weekend and don't forget to change your clocks - nutty as the idea is...don't want to fall behind.
Take care and stay well,
OTC meds are barely working, but I think I'm wearing the bug down...
I was actually able to lay down & really get some sleep yesterday. That not only felt great, but was a small victory for my side.
Since I'm not foggy headed from meds or the illness, my brains back to thinking whenever I'm not doing something that keeps it occupied. Being sick, having to rest...there's time for my mind to start scheming & plotting as I've tried to sleep prior to Friday. Just for clarification, a cat nap is not real sleep. Neither is dozing, drifting off or all the other little snatches of semi-sleep. Sometimes it's helpful, like a power nap - but other times it's not. As in falling asleep at your computer in your chair where you jerk awake suddenly feeling as if you are falling...not fun & often you're left more sleepy than you started out.
But my issue is with my mind buzzing with ideas, stirring up data & trying to find something I can use to improve my situation. Some things are helpful, but others are not. Trouble is trying to turn it all off so I can get some real rest.
Then of course, every thing I'm supposed to take care of, deal with or handle comes to nag me also. Some of it I can ask my family to do for me...bills that need to be paid & when. Errands that need to be done & stuff like that. Then there are those things that no one can do but me, the stuff only I know how to handle or deal with. Trying to rest & get better, my brain won't stop buzzing about all that I'm letting slide.
Like my freelance work - which has deadlines coming up. I really hate my boss when things are piling up. Won't get off my back about every little thing. Trouble is...I'm the boss! So I'm sorta stuck. Granted, I do slack off & play hooky sometimes. But when I'm sick I could use a break.
But then I can sorta understand the situation - no work, no pay. It's a touch spot to be in.
Thing is I've got over 2 weeks of stuff buzzing like a bunch of angry bees in my head. Things I've wanted to post about & haven't for one reason or another. So I'm about to start writing it all up in word pad & then I'm going to dump all of it in here!
Maybe if I get all this out of my head I'll be able to get things to quiet down for a little while at least. So, expect a bunch of posts real soon...
Hope everyone has a nice weekend and don't forget to change your clocks - nutty as the idea is...don't want to fall behind.
Take care and stay well,
