Feeling a little better... (posted by Janine)

Hey all,

What I expected to be a 24 hour flu has actually over-shot the 24 hour mark and I'm still a victim of the retched soup-ass today. Yesterday I woke up earlyish, took a shower and then went back to bed until noon. Then I went into the studio for a bit and just started to feel worse and worse. Paul was recording some guitar parts for the record, and I just lay on the floor in a sleeping bag with headphones on trying to stay awake and help out by giving some kind of creative direction. I had bought myself a small loaf of vegan, spelt banana bread because I figured that I needed something bulky to bung up my intestines. Fruit seems like a bad idea. So I ate a bunch of this loaf, though my appetite was pretty poor. Every inch of my body felt sore and very tender to the touch. My stomach felt especially crappy. I had very little energy.

We finished up in the studio just as a flash thunder storm ripped through and started tearing down trees in the neighbourhood. I live only about 10 minute walk from the studio, but Paul and I tried to hail a cab cause I felt too weak to walk. When we failed to hail a cab, we decided to walk anyway. The rain had let up a bunch so we just walked slowly and took our time. The fresh air was actually somewhat therapeutic. Once home I drew a hot bath with Espon salts, said goodbye to Paul, and went to proceeded to fall asleep in the tub for who knows how long. I was head achy and dehydrated, but I couldn't put anything into my body. I felt too weak and nauseous. After my bath I put myself back to bed at around 6:30pm and slept on and off until 7:30am. Thankfully I woke this morning feeling like I had more energy and my skin didn't feel as sensitive. I still have nothing but soup-ass, but it's manageable. I'm just drinking tons of water - 2 litres already today. I'm just hoping that this passes soon. My plan was to spend the weekend writing a grant, but yesterday was a write-off. By later today I think I'll be able to force myself into that head-space.

Glad to see Omi blogging!

Hope you're all feeling good!

love,
neenie