Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Sick for Nine of Fifteen

That's right. One of us has been sick for nine out of the last fifteen days.

It all started two weeks ago. Despite feeling perfectly fine the day before, I woke up with a high fever. I had to go in to work in the morning as there was no one else to be with the students, but I was relieved at noon. The rest of the day was spent on the couch, but I woke up feeling wonderful the next morning.

The next week was John's Reading Break (a.k.a. Spring Break). On Monday John was not feeling well. He never really had a high temperature, but he felt so weak. Plus, he'd be wearing layers upon layers of clothes and a winter jacket, yet he'd still be shaking. He still wanted to get work done, though, so he'd end up going to the library - and then taking a nap. This lasted for four days. What a disappointing Reading Break for him...

This past Sunday we went to church feeling great. Three hours after arriving home I had a high fever again and was not feeling good. I rested and relaxed, trying to recuperate since I was starting a substitute position at Trinity Western University on Monday. Went to class on Monday, taught (which went well), but half an hour later almost fainted in the teachers' office area. Ugh, not the first impression one wants to make. Almost had to be wheeled out in a wheelchair, but they couldn't find one, so I got to rest and then just got escorted out by a security guard. Was sent home and have been basically lying on the couch since then.

Any ideas of things to do while lying on the couch? I'm bored out of my mind.

1 comment:

Greg said...

Bummer! Might I suggest facebook? A friend of ours was on bed rest for 3 months of her pregnancy and actually reconnected with a lot of people by creating a facebook account.