another one bites the dust
i’ve got the damn ‘flu that the whole of colombo seems to have. the cold, fever, and that headache that makes me wonder if i’ve been knocked over the head by a pole, the whole works. i could barely see yesterday, i couldnt get my head off my pillow till about 10 am this morning, leave alone get out of bed without feeling like i wanted to hurl all over the ground. i’m barely managing to walk straight, i kid you not. thankfully, and yet most surprsingly, i havent lost my appetite. i’ve been eating and drinking since i’ve been up, and this is probably the only reason i’m feeling relatively better than i did earlier today, when i felt like all the air inside me had been knocked out. i’m about to watch ‘boys don’t cry‘ and i somehow have a feeling that its not going to make me feel all that great about life, given that i’m not exactly jumping up and down in joy screaming ‘life is beautiful’ right now…
i cant afford to be run down like this for one more day. i have things to do and places to be (no people to see, really). anush will be proud of me, as i’ve been constantly on vitamin C since morning. he says i’m stubborn about illness. usually what works best for me when sick is to act like its not there. maybe if i pretend hard enough, it’ll actually go away. i indulge in everything i should stay away from (coke, ice cream) and laugh in the face of vitamin C like pills. is this being stubborn? perhaps. i like to think of it as optimism. of course, the result of this sheer negligence is that when i do get sick, i stay sick for about 3 days more than i need be. but it doesnt faze me. i sit around and wait for it to get better, and eventually, it does. right?
but this ‘flu is as real as it gets. i haven’t been this properly sick in awhile. somehow this time, i cant act like everything’s going to be ok. because i feel shit and no amount of ha ha can take that away. it doesnt help that my boyfriend is on the other side of the planet and 6 hours behind me in time. so we’re almost never awake at the same time. he probably hasn’t even imagined waking up yet, and here i am, near death. its not fair. hmph. i just told jee on the phone ‘i’ll be fine. it’ll be gone by tomorrow’. a little wishful, but it never killed a girl to dream.
looks like that flu is going global….
get well soon woman….
Comment by Savi — February 8, 2006 @ 3:51 pm
in my experience flu does go away by wishing alone
Comment by sittingnut — February 8, 2006 @ 5:30 pm
yay im ill too! i cut 2 tutes and a lecture today, and now eating cookies and cream. And ate ice cream last night. And i take vitamins only when i’m properly ill. We should flock together bc we’re birds of a feather. or something along those lines.
I have a lame joke about colds..
knock knock
Who’s there?
hatch
hatch who?
Bless you!
Comment by ddm — February 8, 2006 @ 5:55 pm
Actually there’s no point taking vitamins once you’re really sick. It’s redundant. They’re preventive. Not curative. Moda gaanu.
Comment by Sophist — February 9, 2006 @ 9:38 am
I beg to differ Sophist. By taking vitamins you can raise the body’s defence mechanisms and aid it in fighting the bacteria or virus causing the flu. Of course it would’ve been MUCH SMARTER if the vitamins were taken as a preventive measure, but taking vitamins once you’re sick isn’t entirely pointless/redundant
Comment by Anush — February 9, 2006 @ 3:43 pm