Random Friday, Ver. 79

1) (Just a slight touch of) Sickness! Say it isn’t so!

My roommate has had the flu all week, and yesterday afternoon I started displaying some symptoms — lightheadedness, a slight cough. For about three hours I had the chilled body/low-grade fever combination, but that passed pretty quickly.

Yes, I know. I’m always talking about how I don’t get sick. And, technically, I still wouldn’t consider myself full-blown sick at the moment. I mean, I’m sitting up on the couch, typing, so obviously I’m not doing too bad. But since it’s Friday, and I still have the slight cough and the dizziness if I walk around too much, I stayed home from work to give myself the weekend to fully recover.

2) Yesterday

I noticed that I wasn’t feeling quite like myself when I walked a mile to the Metro yesterday. I couldn’t understand why my heart was racing and why I felt dizzy. But I was supposed to be meeting my friend K.T. in DC, and I hadn’t seen him for over four months, so I soldiered on. We had lunch (and we were sitting down, of course, so I felt okay). We went to the National Archives after that, and since we were walking and standing I started feeling lightheaded again.

(This photo was taken right after lunch, when I was still feeling normal. We were standing outside the Archives/Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter metro stop, and Kevin was closing his eyes on purpose because he hates having his photo taken — so this was the only way he’d consent to let me aim the camera his way.)

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So, in other words, I’m expecting to feel normal by tomorrow so I can proceed with my already-scheduled weekend plans. Here’s to hoping!

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14 Comments



  1. Hope you feel better friend.

    zipcode
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 12:50 pm #

  2. I hope you’re feeling better soon! There seems to be a lot of that going around in the blog world right now — must be the stress from the holidays. Take the weekend to rest up and you won’t regret it. :)

    Mandi
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 12:56 pm #

  3. Feel better soon Zan!

    Nadine
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 1:11 pm #

  4. Hope you feel better soon and it doesn’t get any worse! :)

    Dana
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 1:30 pm #

  5. Hope you feel better!
    ~K

    kel
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 1:33 pm #

  6. Take a vitamin C chewable and drink hot tea! What are your weekend plans?

    Elissa
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 1:34 pm #

  7. aww I hope you feel better! Happy New Year!

    Kelly Turner
    http://www.everygymsnightmare.com

    Kelly Turner
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 1:48 pm #

  8. Emergen-C (http://www.emergenc.com/). The stuff is amazing, even if it’s only a placebo effect, and a little Vitamin C never hurts.

    Feel better soon!

    LiLu
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 4:39 pm #

  9. Feel better soon…have a wonderful weekend!

    Teresa
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 4:47 pm #

  10. z, take some vit c and rest. hope you’re feeling better soon-

    judi

    judi
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 5:57 pm #

  11. Hope you feel better real quick!

    Sagan
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 6:19 pm #

  12. Oh no way!! The streak is broken! Feel better soon, girl.

    charlotte
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 9:46 pm #

  13. Hope you are feeling better this week! I know the sickness feeling all too well. Last Thursday night I thought I was coming down with a lesser version of what I had just before Christmas.

    Jeff from Alexandria
    Posted January 6, 2009 at 8:58 am #

  14. you back to your regular Zself?

    MizFit
    Posted January 9, 2009 at 6:38 am #

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