Drummer's Corner of the World

36 hrs of gatorade and crackers...

1st 24 hours involved the highest fever I can remember having as an adult (almost 103).

Now I'm just mostly discovering that a body which has spent two days having crackers and gatorade and lying in bed isn't particularly willing to just spring back into normal daily activity. "Oh hello wall... thanks so much for holding me upright... I think I'll get out of the shower and go back to bed now..."

At this point, the fever's gone and I'm mostly back to normal except for having no energy.

Things done... showered... washed hair... mostly dressed (except for shoes)... stripped bed... took dogs outside to pee.

Things needing to be done... acquire bland food which isn't crackers and gatorade... acquire catfood and litter... wash linens and remake bed... sleep more...

Tomorrow, I have to be at work at 7 a.m., because the final patch to finish (we hope) fixing our now three-day-dead server needs to be installed and tested and we have to do it early enough that we can role back to the current state of semi-brokenness if it makes things worse instead of better. Rah.

I don't get sick often (other than respiratory things, which I'm used to)... as a result, I'm really bad at it. Definitely ready to go back to something resembling normal life.

On the plus side, I did manage a straight read-through/proofing of a friend's novel. Not sure she was expecting it to be sick-day comfort reading, but it worked! :-)

So... five days before I need to be able to sing in the Winter Solstice celebration, I've got a raging case of bronchitis and it brought it's little friend laryngitis to the party too.

*sigh*

Such lovely timing. I managed to squeak (in some cases, literally) my way through rehearsal this afternoon, and was pleased to discover that if I don't sing _much_ I can still get through the small group number "Kore Evohe" (which is lovely, and which has been done by the Women's Chorus small ensemble for the last two years... this is the first year we've had enough strong voices to do it without bringing in "ringers" :-) ).

So tomorrow I go to work and put a sign on my door and a tag on my shirt saying "Don't make me talk to you" and I cross my fingers and hope that I can salvage enough voice to sing for an hour on Friday.

(For those readers in the Indy area... the Winter Solstice celebration will be at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis, 43rd & Sunset. Arrive early... armbands will be given out and only 300 people can get into the sanctuary per fire code. Feasting, bonfire and other fun will take place afterwards, including a procession to the bonfire with the Yule Log. It's a beautiful ritual... highly recommended!)