I've Been Swined

At least, that's what I'm assuming has kept me in bed for the last 4 days.  I started with a slight sore throat on Tuesday, and I took some Airborne to try to knock it out before it turned into something.  Wednesday I still had the sore throat and I had to lay down in the afternoon.  I thought the fatigue was a result of the morning's session at Portrait Simple, but apparently not.  Ben went all the way to Newton to get me some Pho, which is so delicious and also good for cold/flu symptoms, but it didn't work its magic this time.  That night I had an extremely sore throat, a slight fever, a bad headache and backache, and post nasal drip which kept me up all night.  I never have trouble sleeping but I swear I didn't sleep for more than a few minutes at a stretch.   

Thank God we weren't hosting Thanksgiving this year, so I just had to give Ben instructions on making rum cake and send everyone over to Lana and Larry's for the afternoon.  I'm really disappointed that I missed it, but at the time I was just very relieved to have a few hours of quiet.  Throughout my illness, it seemed like every time I got comfortable or fell asleep, someone would burst in with an emergency like "ADLANI ATE THE LAST DONUT!" or "I CAN'T FIND THE HEAD OF MY LEGO POWER MINER!"  Lana sent home a giant platter of food for me but I could only get some tomato soup down.  I don't remember ever having such a sore throat in my life.

Friday was supposed to begin my 3-day weekend of painting, but that didn't happen.  I don't even remember Friday, honestly.  By the end of the day I was able to take a shower and watch all of the episodes of the Amazing Race online, but that's about all I could handle.  I think I ate some ice cream.   

Today I am much better - just a bit of a sore throat and headache.  Ben made me a smoothee for breakfast and I was able to do some Christmas shopping online.  I'm really bummed that I will miss a Girls' Night Out tonight, but I'm not back to 100% and I don't want to infect anyone.

I've got my fingers crossed that the kids don't get it because IT SUCKS!  On the bright side, 4 days of not using my arm has really helped with my shoulder pain, and I think I lost a few pounds.  yay.