Okay, the title is slightly hyperbolic. But I've been sick for 9 days. First it was a bad cold. Bad enough that if I'd been expected to be places (like class) I would have canceled. By Thursday I thought I'd turned a corner. Then on Friday I went to campus for a full day of things (candidate interview, special collections, lunch w/chair, podcast for journal) and ended up feeling worse. And then yesterday I decided it actually warranted a trip to urgent care as it's becoming sinus infection-y, and I'm tired of not catching that until there is goo coming out of my eyes. Turns out I also have a double ear infection. I was prescribed Augmentin and told not to take it for another few days, you know, because these things are often viral. I know antibiotics are overprescribed and all. But I also know me, and I rarely feel this horrible. Like, I think the last time I felt this horrible was maybe when Tiny Boy was one and everyone in my household ended up diagnosed with some form of bronchitis. So hopefully it will go away. So far my ears still hurt, my face hurts, I've gone through I can't tell you how many tissue boxes, woe is me.
But, also, the weekend was pretty good. Saturday involved gymnastics class (Tiny Boy) while I finished reading a novel, a trip to the art museum and crafts, ice cream, haircuts all around; after Tiny Boy went to bed, LG and I watched Gilmore Girls because apparently she's into that now. Sunday was our usual Whole Foods shopping trip, and the all afternoon Urgent Care Extravaganza, followed by Tiny Boy playing legos/Playmobil/Batman while I cooked root vegetables and chicken soup and LG went to play practice (a friend is putting on a production of Annie, like, with actual scripts; they have been doing some version of Annie since they were maybe 7).
Today I did manage to cross the big ticket items off my to do list, and some smaller ones, but, man, I feel horrible and really do not want to be back on campus for yet another interview tomorrow morning. We'll see what the night brings...
