Sick - again!

This is absurd. I rarely get sick. I took one pre-emptive sick day last year because I felt a cold coming on and wanted to rest up and avoid it. That was it. The last time I was sick before that was December of 2007.

Now, in the span of a few weeks, I get struck with a terrible cold twice. UGH! This is so frustrating. I'm going on vacation later this week to beautiful sunny Fort Myers, Florida - I don't want to spend my vacation blowing my nose and coughing like a maniac on the beach. Not to mention on the flight - I don't want to be that guy.

I worked a full day today, but let my bosses know that I'm taking tomorrow off as a sick day. Even if I'm feeling somewhat better, I think just getting a good night's sleep and some relaxation will help. I'm pretty sure that I caught this cold from some of my fellow office-mates and innkeepers, as both sets of co-workers have been passing a cold around lately. I guess that's the downside to having two jobs: double the cold and flu exposure. I also worked over thirty hours at the inn last week (not counting the late night shenanigans getting the hot water pump fixed last Tuesday night after pulling a double office/inn shift). Actually, between both jobs, as of this evening, I've put in73 hours of work since last Sunday without a day off. This isn't something I normally do - I was covering shifts for another innkeeper who was on vacation, hence all the extra shifts, but I really didn't expect it to hit me like this. I guess this is my body's way of telling me I need to slow down and get some rest. But I was planning to do with my week's vacation, damnit - why couldn't my body just hold up for another two days?? :\

Finally feeling well again

I wasn't planning on the long hiatus, but that cold really clobbered me. Today's the first day (two weeks later!) that I actually feel normal again, and didn't have to blow my nose every five minutes.

I had the day off for MLK day, so C and I continued our second annual MLK movie day. Last year we went to see There Will Be Blood (which wound up being my favourite movie of the year); this year, we saw Slumdog Milionaire. I really enjoyed the movie, although I thought it was pretty shallow overall -- great acting and an interesting story-telling device, but nothing too deep. Worth seeing, though. I rarely go to see movies in the theatre because it's so frickin' expensive. We went to a matinee, so that helped. I paid for the tickets (even for a matinee, it was $15.50 for the two of us, ugh!) and C paid for the snacks we bought at a nearby CVS before the movie. Another good reason to go to the movies -- Reeses Pieces! :)