Hope you're having a lovely week! I want to apologize for the (accidental) lie I told you in my last post. I promised photos and details and then I never posted. I am so sorry I neglected you this way, but it really isn't my fault, I promise!
Friday afternoon at work I began to feel tired and run down, but it wasn't the normal Friday afternoon slump- I really felt bad. The ladies in the office noticed I felt unwell, so I went home quite early. My boyfriend grabbed us dinner to go and I ate in his flat, but was so incredibly exhausted. We planned on watching a basketball game together, but I ended up falling asleep on his couch before 20:00. When he work me up around 23:00, I felt like I was dying. My body ached all over and my throat stung. He walked me to my room and tucked me in for a long nights sleep.
Sadly, I was feeling much worse Saturday morning and had a fever. It felt very similar to the plague I contracted a month ago around Valentine's day, and assumed it would be the same 48-hour bug. That was not the case. I finally went to the pharmacy to get stronger meds on Monday and have spent the last five days in bed with hand sanitizer, copious amounts of hot tea, vapor rub, throat lozenges, and day nurse.
These past few days have been torture- not because of how I felt (though I was in a bit of pain), but because I was dying of boredom. I am not your average 20-something college student. Netflix marathons and staying in bed sounds like a form of cruel and unusual punishment. Having people do my grocery shopping for me makes me feel like a dependent, needy parasite. I hate the social consequences of being sick. I spent most of my time sleeping or editing photos. Feeling unproductive is painful for me, so I took this opportunity to make a Flickr, a LinkedIn, and edit some old photos that I took on old holidays but never got around to putting through Lightroom.
I plan on returning to work tomorrow, though I still don't feel great, I feel decent enough to return. The only symptoms now are headache, congestion, and a dry throat, but the dry throat is a result of the pseudoephedrine in my medicine.
My boyfriend and I have plans to travel to Wales this weekend, though I do not know if I will be able to go- but I will do everything possible to make it!
I know this post is dull without pictures, so here is a link to my Flickr, which features photos that have been shown on my blog as well as a few new ones.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/brittanyjordanc
xo
BJordan
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