I’m still alive, somewhat
Sorry I’ve been absent from the blawg for a few days. I’ve still been struggling with a combination of antibiotics and decongestants that tend to leave me in a slightly zombie-like state; I’ve written e-mails to people recently who wrote back and simply said “…Huh?” This week’s site update was insanely late, not because of anyone on staff – Dave and Philip got their stuff in right on the button, it was me who was dragging my ass. (They were probably wondering “Okay, I sent my stuff in…where’s the update?”) The frustrating thing is that…well, hold the phone. There are several frustrating things.
- I may be a zombie, but I can’t sleep the sleep of the dead. You’d think in this state it’d be easy for me to get a lot of rest and get better sooner. No such luck. I’ve wrestled several times with the possibility of taking one of the pain pills prescribed to me just to knock myself out, though I hate that idea – anyone who knows me knows I’ve got a whole medicine cabinet full of pain meds that I’ve been prescribed, but have stubbornly resisted taking.
- I don’t really feel like I’m getting any better. Still coughing. Still sneezing. Still a mouth-breather at the moment.
- I can’t take off work. I’m out of sick and vacation days, and it’s November sweeps.
- Short fuse. I get frustrated with stuff, sure. But this really, really, really isn’t me. I’ve ben snapping people’s heads off. And some critters too, though they seem to recover from it a bit faster, bless their little furry hearts.
At any rate, I was awake today, and took the opportunity to test a couple of recent fun acquisitions to see if that cheered me up a bit. … Read more
