Welcome to Monday

Welcome to the 1st Monday of 2015.  Now can we go back to bed?  I woke up feeling fine and moving around okay.  It was cold in the house so I had to throw another log on the fire (aka move the thermostat up a degree).  That took the chill off the house and had everyone nice and warm.  I went about my morning routine and even had time to change pee pads.  I left the house at my usual time and managed to make it to work a 1/2 hour early, which was totally unexpected.  While most of the volume is back I don’t think everyone is quite back yet.  However, the parking garage was full this morning and I had a little bit of a walk to the door.

All of a sudden in the last 45 minutes my nose has decided to take off.  It’s running a marathon and driving me nuts.  I am hoping it’s just allergies – i.e. the cold weather.  I took a Claritin and hope that it kicks in soon.  I am sick of blowing.  I feel a little funny – I get this strange feeling when I get sick.  This could be the start of something big coming on, in which case I will know as the day progresses or when I get out of bed tomorrow.  I really don’t want to be sick and was thinking how great I felt this morning.  I wish I had some nose spray here at work, that would really help out a ton.  You can believe that I will be bringing some with me on my next trip in the office.  Just for grins I checked my PTO and I am 5 hours short of having a full week.  It’s nice to know that I have it but I really don’t want to use it right now if at all possible for sick time.  I’d rather save it and take it as vacation.

I watched a really good gay movie last night on Amazon.  It’s called Burning Blue.  It’s about 2 Navy Fighter Pilots that “have an inappropriate relationship”.  The sad part is that it’s a true story back when Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was in the works.  Prior to that you could have an isolated incident – meaning 1 hookup with another guy and as long as you signed paperwork to certify that, then there were no real consequences.  There were some damn good looking men in this film, I was HOT when I watched it.  There were many sad parts and some death in the movie, just to properly forewarn you in case you decide to see it.  I paid $4.99 for 24 hours of HD Rental for it and it was money well spent.  A great nights entertainment. 

Next week I will be tuning into Shameless on Showtime.  I can’t wait to see the gang, in particular Ian who is one of the gay characters on the show.  Plus it will be nice to have a show that I look forward to seeing  Speaking of look – Looking will be back on HBO shortly as well.  Love me some Jonathan Groff – woof he’s a hottie and I would love to spend a lot of time with him.  So I will eventually be at the point where there are 2 shows on I think they will air at different times, if memory serves.  If not then I will TIVO one and watch the other one.

Well it’s been a little bit since I started this post and I am unfortunately feeling that I am in fact sick or in the process of getting there.  My nose is still running a bit.  I have started to sneeze and I feel hot.  All of which are NOT good signs.  I am ready to pack up and go home.  I will tough it out as long as I can.  I have steroids at home which I can start on, not thrilled about that but it will get me back in the game quicker.  I will probably need an antibiotic to clear up the infection.  As convenient as Doctor on Demand is, I think that actually being seen by a live human physician will probably yield better chances of actually getting an antibiotic.  If it comes to that I will visit an urgent care clinic. 

I had already planned on soup for supper most nights.  Tonight I am excited for Chicken Noodle, but I may be having it for lunch if I go home.  My nose feels raw and I am sure that sooner rather than later I will look like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.  Curling up and taking a nap sound appealing as well.  If the world could just stop for a couple of days while I recover from whatever this is, that would be awesome. 

I am semi thankful that this didn’t hit me straight out of bed, because I think it would look really bad to call in on the first day back from a holiday.  However, if I leave sick that isn’t so bad, plus god for bid that I feel crappy tomorrow it will help justify my staying home.  I am just totally paranoid about calling in or staying home because too much of that will cause problems and could lead to job loss – both of which I don’t want to happen.  My boss is understanding but I think that understanding is to a point. 

Well things are only getting worse, so I am waiting for a malware scan to complete on someone’s machine and then I am going to leave and head for the doc in the box.  Ugh I hope this doesn’t last too long, I am ready to get back into the swing of things.