eat light:

I am becoming afflicted with some kind of ick. It's probably a cold. It's in my throat mostly right now--it's that "feeling" that tells me I'm getting sick. Also I am tired. Also my right sinus is starting to feel congested. Craaaaaaaaaaap. (Imagine that said in the voice of Colonel Tigh.)

Last night I had a terrible dream. ( cut because this is kind of upsetting )

a day makes. took a shower this morning and was seized with a desire to clean the bathroom. so i did, top to bottom, toilet and all. i still want to clean the floor--it's got some lint and hair balls that really need to be trapped and released into the wilds of the garbage dumpster. then i went into the kitchen and did all the dirty dishes (there weren't many) sitting on the counter, before wielding pan and spoon to cook my first bowl of oatmeal since friday. weird to feel energetic after feeling sooooo lethargic for several days.

last night at about 8pm or so, i started feeling like myself again. i felt the change in the space of 15-20 minutes, i swear. it was weird, like a heavy blanket was being lifted off my body. this bug kicked my ass around for a few days, most of which i slept--including yesterday. today will be my first day eating "real" food. the closest i got yesterday was at dinnertime, when i had 2 slices of toast with vegemite (i really wanted the salt, and i think also the B vitamins). other than that, i've been subsisting on herbal tea, plain pasta, rice, chicken noodle soup, and applesauce.

i still have some lingering sinus congestion, mild coughing, and a few aches in my legs (my back was killing me yesterday, but it seems better today); but overall i feel like i'm kicking it now, rather than it kicking me.

and here's the big mystery: did i have the flu? or was it just a bad cold that hit me harder than the average bear? it's difficult to say since i'm not equipped with a state of the art viral analysis lab, but i'm thinking that because i haven't had a cold for quite awhile (2+ years?), my immune system just kicked into overdrive and made me sicker (by which i mean less functional) than i might otherwise have gotten. in other words, it was a cold virus and my body went postal on its ass. unfortunately also on its own ass, but hey, i'm alive and feeling pretty good so who am i to criticize?

an interesting experience. what should i have for lunch?

bleah. thought i was better but not. went another round with the sick this afternoon that left me soooooo tired. just a little while ago i woke up from a 4-5 hour nap, and i'm feeling a little better again. glaucon is coming over with some star trek movies and i might attempt to munch on a little plain white rice.

my ex-father-in-law used to recommend the BRAT diet for intestinal ailments: Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast (burnt, plain or with a very small amount of jelly, not jam).

let's do the time warp again....

(full disclosure: i have never seen rocky horror, but i've been told about the toast thing. and i've heard the song.)

i wish the B stood for Beer, but it doesn't. i couldn't actually drink a beer right now, of course, but i had been planning to have a drink with a birthday-celebrating friend tonight. alas, i had to take a rain check.