Being Sick Really Sucks

There's many things I can tolerate just fine, bullshittery being high on that list, but one thing I can't? Being sick.

I woke up this morning hacking up a lung, and my voice was completely gone from the outset. This wouldn't be so bad if I was spending a quiet weekend at home, just hanging out. Nope. I work at a retail establishment that frequently requires me to use my voice. As you can imagine, I was dying a little bit every time I tried to open my mouth and say "hey, how's it going" to some poor customer who thought I was a four-pack-a-day smoker.

Thankfully I'm past the contagious stage. That lovely period of feeling like run-over garbage happened a few days ago. But just like the persistent cough that accompanies any sort of pulmonary viral infection, this is probably going to stick with me for a few days. What kills me is it makes talking to my daughter (and wrangling her in) nearly impossible, and she loves to talk. I love to talk with her too, but like this? I feel like a cartoon character comically whisper screaming because I'm in a library or something.

So we'll see how tomorrow goes. It's my ex-wife's mom's birthday tomorrow, and we're going to celebrate with a low-key lunch. Hopefully I don't sound like I've blown my voice box out by tomorrow afternoon.

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I hear you! I've been the same this week, and it's summer here :-( The sore throat has passed, I've almost stopped hacking up bits of lungs, but am still somewhat congested. Fingers crossed I'll be up to the busy week I've got coming up.

Tell me about it. It doesn't help that law school has been kicking me up and down the block here lately, either. So I hope we're both in fighting shape come Monday!

Ugh! I hope you’re on the mend!

I can feel you! I'm in the same situation right now and totally hate this feeling..it keeps me from doing my work on here :(

That's the biggest pain for me. I'm drained, I'm constantly blowing my nose, and I hurt in various ways. All these things are very distracting and make it a thousand times harder to read and comprehend my assigned cases so that I can brief them and take notes.

I hope you feel better soon darling. Having no voice sucks. Drink some honey lemon tea! Lol. It does help soothe the throat. I promise.

That's what I'm going to be drinking most of today. Though I did wake up today feeling much better than I did when I went to sleep.

Good. Yeah your voice is back! Which is a plus. And fluids will break down and thin out all that mucus dripping into your throat. The warmth just helps all the way around. :) I love you.