No Time to be Sick

I was sick all week. I thought it was just an ordinary cold, you know cough and runny nose. I haven't had a fever and anything that I coughed up was clear--no infection, or so I thought. After two nights of no sleeping because of the coughing I decided that maybe I should go to the doctor. Diagnosis--bronchitis. After three days of antibiotics and half a bottle of cough syrup I am feeling some better.

I didn't have time to be sick. I had too many obligations to carry out. This was my week to staff the center and it was changeover week. That's when we go from fall/winter clothes to spring/summer. I really needed to be there-at least I felt like I should be there. Monday wasn't too bad. I helped sort for a while and then manned the front desk/checkout. But Wednesday I really had no business being there. I didn't have the energy to even carry out clothing to be hung on the racks. I felt really rotten that day. They tried to get me to go home but I'm stubborn and wouldn't do it.

I had a PCGS Executive Board meeting Monday after I left the center. That wasn't too bad, I just had to take notes and will type up the minutes this week. I took pizza home for supper.

Tuesday morning I had an appointment to get my hair done. I had to do that because I had already gone a week longer than usual. My hair was looking pretty ragged by then. I stopped by the library for a few minutes afterwards and then went home. I had laundry to do!

By Thursday morning I was feeling really rotten so decided that I should probably see a doctor. I was able to get a fairly early appointment with a PA whose nurse thought I might have pneumonia. The PA said bronchitis and put me on an antibiotic and some cough syrup.

Now, you think I would be smart and stay home Friday and not go to the library, but no, I felt like I had to be there since Susan was gone. So as I'm on the phone with some one and coughing every few words, he said he thought he should be coughing for me. We had a very good conversation and I was able to help him with some research, coughing through it all. Then I had to go to the grocery store because I had to make soup for a meeting at church on Saturday. I had committed to doing a pot so of course I had to do it.

I sat through the meeting on Saturday and by the time lunch rolled around was feeling pretty bad again. And then, there would have been plenty of soup if I had not made mine. Oh well. We are going to be eating soup for a while.

I did make arrangements to have my sub do Sunday School this morning. I am at home, still in my nightie, and plan on really resting today. I didn't get up until 8:30 but have already gone through a bunch of Kleenexes. Hopefully, I am on the back side of this cold/bronchitis/coughing/runny nose. I have another hectic week scheduled and I don't have time to be sick.