An update and stuff. (She's aliiiiiiive!)

So. I'm still alive, somehow. If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I have been battling the flu/plague since January 1st. I must have caught it from someone during my New Year's Eve celebrations. I don't know. At first it was a typical cold, with typical cold annoyances: sniffles, coughs, voice coming and going. The usual.

Then suddenly last-last Saturday I came home with a fever and feeling crappier than usual. The sniffling and coughing had somehow gotten worse, and I had body aches to boot. Not. Good. It's funny, I look back at a picture I took of myself that Saturday and I can see how sick I was. It's written all over my face. The following Sunday found me begging for mercy, feeling so sick I stayed in bed all day. Monday night I did not sleep at all, spending the whole night coughing up my lungs (no, not literally, but just because it's metaphorical doesn't mean it wasn't painful). Tuesday found me coughing so hard, I literally coughed up a little blood (scary scary!). So I guess technically, I did cough up my lungs. A little. (Scary scary!)

I wound up missing work on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, staying in bed every single day until Saturday. Even though my munchkins were taking their midterms. Even though grades were due at the end of the week. Fever came and went all week, as did my hacking cough. Finally, my parents convinced me to visit a doctor on Thursday, which is something I generally don't like to do. There I found out my flu/plague was something else, something by the name of pharyngitis, which is basically the inflammation of the throat due to infection. And both of my tonsils were infected as heck. So the doctor prescribed an antibiotic and a cough suppressant and sent me home with the suggestion to drink lots and lots of soup with lemon. Which I did.

Today I went back to work feeling better if not 100% myself yet. But I'm getting there. And I've learned my lesson, damn it. I'm going to do better on my sleeping and eating habits. No more skipping breakfast and/or lunch. No more skimping on sleep. And next year I am getting the flu shot for sure.

So what else was I up to during my time battling the flu/plague/ pharyngitis? Well, I did a lot of reading, polishing off The Wolves of Mercy Falls series, the Fallen series, and my new favorite book, Matched. Today I started reading yet another series, The Mortal Instruments, based on the very high recommendation of one of my students. So many books, so little time...

What have YOU been up to lately? Update me in the comments!

P.S.) You can keep up with my speed-reading here: http://www.goodreads.com/anacristina

P.P.S.) Oh, and give me your book recs in the comments! I could always use more book recs.

P.P.P.S.) You can expect more Project 365 posts soon! :)

P.P.P.P.S.) I just really like post scripts.

Sick.

So yesterday I came home feeling like complete and utter crap. I thought it was because it was "my lady time," but when I lay down on my bed to rest a spell, and the complete and utter crap feelings weren't going away but rather intensifying, I knew it had to be something else.

Turns out I have a flu. Or something. I don't know. It began yesterday afternoon with a bad headache, then pains in my joints (mostly my knees and lower back) and bad chills, then a bad stomachache, so bad I was actually sick to my stomach (and I hate being sick to my stomach, blech!). Today the stomach and joint pains are mostly gone, but I've still got the headache plus some congestion now.  Plus I'm weak -- like really, really weak. Newborn kitten weak.

I stayed home from work today, staying all day in bed reading. I began reading Hush, Hush today and finished it in a couple of hours -- I was so hooked on the story, it almost made me forget how sick I felt. And then I had a visitor come visit me in my bed, which also made me feel better.

Whatever the flip this is, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I already called in sick for tomorrow, but I really hope I'm better by Friday. I can't remember feeling this sick in a whiiiiiile. So if I don't blog that often in the next few days, you know why.