So I ended up staying in last night. My cold seems to have settled in rather firmly for now and the scratchiness in my throat is undecided if it wants to set up shop, too. In the end it seemed the best thing to do - I have more deadlines later in the week and it seemed prudent to take last night as my sick day instead of waiting for things to get far worse just as things get down to the wire, as it were.
I still don't feel too well right now. My nose is still doing its impersonation of a leaky faucet and my head gets slightly dizzying from time to time, but I'm pretty sure that I can make it to the office tonight. I'll just need to do my best to minimize stress and avoid other potential allergens from taking advantage of my weaker condition. I'm already on what I term as level 1 medication for these situations with the option to add in cough medicine waiting in the wings. I don't see the need for antibiotics just yet - but that may change should this persist for a few more days.
The last quarter of the year is always a difficult time for me, health-wise. The relatively colder temperatures help my asthma gain strength during this time, which tends to lead to other respiratory complications. Add in the fact that I work at night, which in itself is another way of reducing your body's defenses, and you have your nice little mix of factors to lead to me getting sick. I do my best to bolster my reserves with multivitamins, extra doses of vitamin C and all that good stuff, but they can only go so far.
The night of rest did me good, I think. At least I don't feel quite as heavy now compared to how I felt yesterday. Maybe I just needed to stay in the comforting safety of the Sietch or something. There's nothing like the reassurance of home to help strengthen you and bolster your defenses. And it helps to have a boyfriend who does his best to make you feel better to boot.
At least we still got things done yesterday, more or less. The big task apart from keeping me hydrated was getting our Christmas presents all wrapped and ready to go. With our shopping essentially done except for a few last-minute ones that escaped memory, it seemed prudent to prep them for the holidays ahead of time instead of waiting for the last minute. And with our collective wrapping skills to be less than ideal, we tend to need a bit more time to get stuff wrapped decently.
This image of a Christmas tree made out of books is making the rounds on the social web as of late, and I have to admit it's pretty adorable despite the modest risk of it being a fire hazard. Add into the mix how other contacts are posting photos of their own Christmas trees and that has me thinking of why the Sietch remains undecorated. In years past we had considered creating a similar Christmas tree using my Transformers, but again I was worried about the heat damage.
For practical purposes, it's hard to consider having a tree at home when we don't spend Christmas together. At present we still go home to our respective families come the holidays since neither is quite there yet in terms of having the two of us present as a couple. I can't fault them - these things take time and we're still prepared enough to give them the time and space that they need to get used to the idea.
Plus we don't exactly have guests over - another sort of holiday tradition. The only folks we tend to have over are our gaming friends when sessions are scheduled, but otherwise it's pretty much just me and Tobie. I guess that's another thing that will take some time to happen - reaching that point when we just might host our respective families for a Christmas gathering and have everyone celebrate together for a change. It's a nice thing to think about, but definitely something that will take some time before it happens. To begin with, we'll need a much bigger place to accommodate everyone and then there's the challenge of trying to figure out what to cook.
But all these are but minor inconveniences at this point. Tobie always inspires me to think of the future as being a lot brighter (and not to say that things aren't cheery now). And I know that one day we'll reach that point when all these things can happen and we'll be all the better for it. But for now we'll just need to remain patient and see how things pan out over time.
Work again tonight. I'll definitely have to go in this time since I can't afford another day away from the office. A Christmas vacation would be totally awesome around now, but we deal with the hands we've been dealt with and proceed from there.
I still don't feel too well right now. My nose is still doing its impersonation of a leaky faucet and my head gets slightly dizzying from time to time, but I'm pretty sure that I can make it to the office tonight. I'll just need to do my best to minimize stress and avoid other potential allergens from taking advantage of my weaker condition. I'm already on what I term as level 1 medication for these situations with the option to add in cough medicine waiting in the wings. I don't see the need for antibiotics just yet - but that may change should this persist for a few more days.
I asked Tobie for a random song and we ended up with this - ironic title
The last quarter of the year is always a difficult time for me, health-wise. The relatively colder temperatures help my asthma gain strength during this time, which tends to lead to other respiratory complications. Add in the fact that I work at night, which in itself is another way of reducing your body's defenses, and you have your nice little mix of factors to lead to me getting sick. I do my best to bolster my reserves with multivitamins, extra doses of vitamin C and all that good stuff, but they can only go so far.
At least we still got things done yesterday, more or less. The big task apart from keeping me hydrated was getting our Christmas presents all wrapped and ready to go. With our shopping essentially done except for a few last-minute ones that escaped memory, it seemed prudent to prep them for the holidays ahead of time instead of waiting for the last minute. And with our collective wrapping skills to be less than ideal, we tend to need a bit more time to get stuff wrapped decently.
For practical purposes, it's hard to consider having a tree at home when we don't spend Christmas together. At present we still go home to our respective families come the holidays since neither is quite there yet in terms of having the two of us present as a couple. I can't fault them - these things take time and we're still prepared enough to give them the time and space that they need to get used to the idea.
Plus we don't exactly have guests over - another sort of holiday tradition. The only folks we tend to have over are our gaming friends when sessions are scheduled, but otherwise it's pretty much just me and Tobie. I guess that's another thing that will take some time to happen - reaching that point when we just might host our respective families for a Christmas gathering and have everyone celebrate together for a change. It's a nice thing to think about, but definitely something that will take some time before it happens. To begin with, we'll need a much bigger place to accommodate everyone and then there's the challenge of trying to figure out what to cook.
But all these are but minor inconveniences at this point. Tobie always inspires me to think of the future as being a lot brighter (and not to say that things aren't cheery now). And I know that one day we'll reach that point when all these things can happen and we'll be all the better for it. But for now we'll just need to remain patient and see how things pan out over time.
Work again tonight. I'll definitely have to go in this time since I can't afford another day away from the office. A Christmas vacation would be totally awesome around now, but we deal with the hands we've been dealt with and proceed from there.
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