Breeding Ground

I once thought of day care as baby storage. I've come to find out, that's not necessarily true. No, it's far worse. It's a breding ground for disease.

The Howler Monkey puked in her sleep sometime Tuesday night. We thought it was the yogurt we fed her. She seemed fine Wednesday morning, all monkey-eyed and howly. However, when I arrived at the tot-palace, it was inhabited by very few children and several bored-looking adults. Seems that everyone puked in their sleep that night, and only a small cadre of bad parents, like me, drug their ill children out into the frigid Pacific NW winter morning for a round of professional baby sitting.

The call came around noon. Fever.

Shit.

The Monkey's mother met me at home for the tot-swap, and I returned to work.

Seems that it was a 24-hour stomach bug. Monkey is marvelous. Monkey's mother, on the other hand, slid slowly into nauseous neverland and hit the hay early tonight.

Now, there's me. Feeling fit and fine, all evening that is, until 45 minutes ago. Now, I can feel the sinking sensation. Ears are hot. Muscles getting sore. I can actually feel it coming over me, like one of those fast-motion movies of clouds rolling in. Neck is getting sore. Hands are getting tight. You are actually reading a play-by-play of me getting sick. Fascinating! I Believe this is clearly compelling blogging at its best.

I just coughed, seriously. Shoulders and arms getting stiff. Small rumbles beginning in my stomach. Having observed the pattern with the other members of my house, I will vomit by morning. Now, there's something to look forward to.

Fortunately, I should be fine by Saturday. I do believe, however, that I am becoming feverish. Yes, I am definitely flushed. This is so interesting. Ooh, low back pain, nice. Definitely flu-like. I'd be enjoying this much more if I wasn't so certain that I'll be miserable by night's end.

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Hard to focus now. Experiencing minor light-headedness. Nausea increasing. Fatigue increasing, as is upper-extremity weakness. Hey, did anyone see War of the Worlds? You know, the crazy Tom Cruise version. Watched that tonight. Not bad. I respect that they kept the microbe-saves-the-day ending. Oops! I hope I didn't ruin that for anyone... So, my question is, was that Miranda Otto who played Tom's ex wife? She's so hot! She was the perfect Eowyn.

Oh lord, nausea seriously increasing now. Oh god, and I had Salmon for dinner. Ech... That's not going to be pleasant. Starting to get a little disoriented. Neck soreness increasing. No chills yet, though, thank god. Just belched; tasted like dinner. Face feels warm. Eyes watering. Noise from my gut getting louder. Fatigue... Fatigue....

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Eyes watery and blurry. Headache. I think I should go sleep near the bathroom door... This is starting to get shitty... No wonder the Monkey was cranky on Tuesday. Nose running now, increasing post-nasal drip. Pretty light headed now too. Need bed... I feel like crap.