Sickness and Politics

No entry yesterday due to some sort of flu or cold or something that became resurgent after a night of drinking on Sunday... or maybe it was actually most of the day. ANYWAY, I found it curious today that people actually ask what kind of suffering you actually experienced when your illness was at its worst. I guess they see it as genial empathy, but personally I think it's kind of rude. Unless you want to offer up the info, I'm certainly not going to ask how horrible you felt because to me, it sounds like either:

A. Disbelief in the fact that someone was actually sick

B. Getting details on suffering to make themselves feel better that you suffered instead of them, or

C. You don't actually know what happens when someone gets a cold or a flu, and not being completely over it, I'm more likely to cough on you to show you than tell you how it felt.

I WILL ask if you feel better, because that's all I really care about.

Anyway, I'm also looking forward to the VP debate tonight, more on that tomorrow...

Invasion of the Body Wreckers

I went out to a happy hour with my coworkers last night, had a few beers, some wings and nachos, went home, watched some TV, felt tired unusually early, around 11:00, and went to bed (my usual bedtime is around 1:00 AM). I woke up at 5:30, with a headache and kind of a hangover feeling, which was odd because I really didn't drink that much. It was a bit of a struggle to get back to sleep and by the time I woke up at 9, I felt a little better hangover-wise, but infinitely more tired and less inspired to get up and take on a full day at work. So after a few hours at work, my sinuses start paining me and my nose is running (but that is the usual now - I associate it with what is likely a moldy AC duct), so now I'm starting to think I somehow managed to contract a virus... which makes me a very unhappy camper. So now I have to go to the store and blow hard-earned money on some Zicam, just in case I'm right. And if I don^t have a virus, !t's a11 money d0wn t#e tube$ an& kt$hai#^ 3yE3ao1 #9 2j!okj%01 09j 102Rs9?J3 1@jk-&12i=3 3k;j32 5k>jh[af?/skdna 9d 30a0\j09sh|35j saje.3 l'23;l 4t6, 34-_)(# u93 jh,]0F2e 509 j#P (okj;o;J# Oj;lL#J