It Lives!

I'm taking it easy today, doctor's orders, but I'm at work. She told me to stay home, but I honestly don't feel sick enough to stay home, and I don't have that many sick days racked up to spare. It turns out that when you're taking an immune-suppressing med, as I am, and then you get a cold, you need to get antibiotics right away so it doesn't morph into something worse. Unfortunately, no one mentioned this to me, so it's been a week of having a cold, I thought, with a throat that got more and more sore every day until yesterday I went to the doctor. So there I am, or rather, here I am. She did tell me to stay home and rest, but I'd rather be at work and rest, as it were. Really, I don't feel that bad, and I'm drinking tea.

Ahhh, tea. The great inspection of the school was last week, and within 24 hours, all of us had our microwaves, coffeemakers, and whatnot back in place. This is working out great for me. On the first day of the week, I brought in enough for lunch for the whole week (yogurts, cheese, ice tea) and put it in the fridge, and at lunchtime now I can heat up a single-serving of soup of something, of which I also brought a week's worth. So I didn't have to carry anything at all to school with me today, I love that.

Nothing new in my life except an excess of illness and a scarcity of money, what else is new. My frame of mind is good, though, and for some reason, I Have more energy than I've had in five years. I wonder what's up with that. And this was even before I started the newer meds that I'm on.

What I'm doing here is not nothing, actually, it's just not strenuous. I had no classes scheduled to teach today, although the library is booked all day for classes who've already had instruction and are continuing their work, so I'm here for random help with that. I have a big project that involves shifting books from shelf to shelf to balance space, but I'm leaving that for another day. I did completely re-do my shelf-top book displays, though, since that was only standing and walking around for me, and it was fun.

Later.

I'm home. Still don't feel too terrible, although I'm debating when to take more Advil. I'm not supposed to take it at all, but it really, really helps, and last night was most uncomfortable until I took it. I'll see if I can hold out an hour or so, so it'll last until I fall asleep. But my ears are starting to hurt again.

I was supposed to be at physical therapy now, my last appointment, but they called and canceled, for a change. I never got to go last week, either, but I'm doing the stretches at home, and I think they help. These people have the oddest scheduling practices I've ever seen, which I wont' go into, but I ended up with about half as many sessions as I was supposed to.

I am so tired of talking about my health, thinking about my health. The only thing I can say, and I've said it to a few people, is this: I do not intend to let this become my life. I don't want it to stop me. (I mean, of course, it will stop me from doing some things. That Mt. Everest climb is off now, for good.) Here are my goals: when I want to (and can afford it) I will go to Disney World. Nothing is going to keep my from doing that. And I want to be a grandma, and I plan to be a good one. Nothing will keep me from lifting and carrying babies, when the time comes. I expect to be a hands-on grandma, and my kids want me to be that, too, so nothing is going to get in the way of that. (I promise not to cough all over the babies, though. I won't be hands on when I have plague, like I do now.)

Okay, enough of that shit. I have to talk and think about other things. I have to write more, and about other things, so this doesn't consume me. (I'll give you occasional updates, though, because, y'know, every new episode with me does have some amusement value, at least so far. That nasty rash is a little better, btw, in case you were wondering.)

Okay, so, post.





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