Friday Failure: I'm a wreck edition!

     Oh hey, so I thought of another unfavorite to add to Wednesday's list: I'm sick. Again. I don't know what my immune system even does all day, because it's apparently not doing it's job. I started feeling horrible late Tuesday night, felt a little better Wednesday, then spent today (Thursday when I'm writing this) with a fever that's making me feel like somebody broke all my bones and rotisseried my skin (and you know I'm pretty freaking angry to feel like I have a full-body sunburn when I DIDN'T EVEN GO IN THE SUN WTF BIOLOGY THIS IS UNFAIR). 101.1 for much of the day, then it broke for a little while, but right now it's back up to 100.5 and I'm handling it super well. 

As a side note, I get super irritated with my phone constantly telling me my internet is unstable. YES THANK YOU I KNOW I LIVE HERE. 

     Ok so maybe not. Maybe I'm tinging a wee bit dramatic. Maybe I tried to make my bed today, got tired halfway through, then laid there watching The Proposal for like 45 minutes on just a sheet. I do what I must to carry on. 

     Ugh. I'm off to coat my achy joints in Icy Hot and try to force myself to sleeeep sleeeep sleeeep so I can hopefully wake up and feel a lot better in the morning. I mean, the hopefully is that I'll feel better. I'm most likely gonna wake up. Well this got dark fast. 

WHY.

     I ask you, what bad energy have I put into the universe that I deserve first a horrible debilitating stomach bug, then days of not being able to breathe through my nose AT ALL?

Bleh.

     A horrible stomach bug has been making it's way through my family over the weekend. Jen and I were the first to fall, but everyone else eventually followed. The worst of it was over for me in about 24 hours, but between the physical recovery (lots of rest and all the water I can get my hands on -- I feel like one of those little dehydrated spongey toys you put in water to grow into a real animal) and trying to help everyone else survive this plague, this is the rare occasion on which I have nothin' for you. No crafts or recipes or funny stories, not even a cheeky drawing. I feel like coming back from the brink of puking-induced death is a reasonable excuse though, so I'm going to go with it just this one time. See you on Wednesday, hopefully fully recovered! 

     P.S. I saw a story on the news about how various kinds of stomach flu are flying around like black death right now, so everyone be vigilant about your hand-washing and stock up on fruit popsicles now, just in case. That's not me being flippant, they seriously gave me will to live. I would not lead you astray. 

Friday Favorites: Sick edition!

     As you may know, I've been dealing with some sort of horrible cold/flue/sinus issue all week long. Since I know there's a lot of colds and flus and various plagues swimming around out there right now, I thought I'd share some of the things that have helped me deal, in case anyone finds themselves in a similar situation. 

1. Two words: Heated. Blanket.

     I know I've said it before, but the importance of a nice heated blanket for the cold months in general, but especially during cold and flu season, cannot be overstated. When you're feverish and have chills so violent you think your skeleton's gonna jump right out of your body, there's nothing like cranking a heated blanket all the way up. I'm feeling a lot better now, but during the worst of my bout of illness, when I was basically just a shivering incubus of viral plague, I crawled back into my bed and turned it up to high after spending the night praying for the sweet release of death on the bathroom floor, and I swear that as soon as the heat hit me it soothed my broken body and toasted the chills right out. I finally fell asleep, and when I woke up a few hours later I felt approximately a trillion times better. It's the closest thing you're gonna get to a power-up in real life. 

2. Along the same lines: flannel PJs. 

     I've been living in flannel jimjams all week (they're from Kohls, in case you're wondering where you can get flannel jammies with Scotty dogs on them -- I also have the same pair in blue plaid). They're so soft and warm and delightful. I always thought I'd hate flannel pajamas because I'd overheat, but I've been pleasantly surprised by the shnuggliness. 

3. Entertainment: Lego Marvel Superheroes.

     Look, I know this isn't exactly high-brow entertainment, but you know what? Sometimes you want something intellectual and enlightening, and that's when you go watch the King's Speech or something, but sometimes you want to make Captain America punch a Lego velociraptor until it explodes. And for those times, this game is delightful. I really like the Lego videogames in general; they're easy to play, satisfying because you get to smash practically everything, and they have a sense of humor smart enough that it doesn't make you feel like you're playing a kids game (even though you kind of totally are, but whatever. Grab your happiness where you can). I've especially appreciated it this week because I could handle playing it even when I was taking cold medicine that dialed my reaction time and problem solving down to slow-mo. 

     So those are the little things that have gotten me through a week of germy grossness. I hope you all are staying healthy, but if not, I hope you're finding solace in little things too!