Unknown Illness “X”

I think I’m sick.  It sucks.

I say “I think” because I’m the stupid sort of crazy-warrior woman who can’t tell her head from her ass when she’s not feeling well, so I can’t usually figure out why I’m sick unless there’s like an animate object emerging from my loins.  Or a horrendous cough rumbling in my chest.  Or, you know, like the liquid shits or something.  SOMETHING OBVIOUS, that’s what I’m trying to say.  (Lord, help us all, my readers are in for it today if my head sticks on this potty-minded track.)

Waking up normally feels like shit, so I’ve come to expect that.  One of the highlights of living at home is the nauseated look on my brother’s face when he first gets up before heading off to his classes at the university.  That and his usual comment, “Ugh, I hate mornings.  I always feel like shit,” while he painfully swallows a bowl of Cheerios WHOLE, SPOON AND ALL.

I always laugh and agree and wonder how it must feel to crap out Corelle glassware and stainless steel, but at least I usually have a hot mug full of that incredible god known as Coffee doing its darnedest to make the morning a bearable part of the day.  He, like my dad and my husband, doesn’t drink coffee.  For real.  WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE MEN IN MY FAMILY?

But anyway, before I fall off a cliff with my ranting about nothing in particular, what I was going to say is this:  I think I’m sick.  Or getting sick, anyway.

It’s the fact that I can’t seem to wake up today.  And that whole “liquid shits” thing actually has applied to me more than once this week (sorry, guys, but you get to suffer with me *evil laugh*).  I also ache all over, like sore, stiff joints and over-worked muscles, but I’m not running a fever and I certainly haven’t done anything so strenuous to cause myself this sort of pain.  And also, I’m a little concerned about my general well-being because it’s just after 4:00 pm and this is THE FIRST TIME I’VE OPENED MY LAPTOP ALL DAY.  Oh, and for some reason, I CAN’T SEEM TO STOP HITTING THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON. That constitutes suspicion of illness, right?

We’ll call it “Unknown Illness X” and hope it’ll pass so I can write a coherent blog sometime in the very near future LACKING ALL OF THE CAPS AND POOP TALK.

Current Mood:Bored emoticon Bored & Sickly emoticon Sickly

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4 Responses to “Unknown Illness “X””

  1. J Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    mild illnesses suck. because you’re not sick enough to get any pity, but you’re just sick enough to feel like shit and want pity. (”here honey, i’ll watch the kids all day. you do nothing but sleep, blog, and drink coffee”)

    also, NO WONDER YOUR BROTHER FEELS LIKE SHIT IN THE MORNING. hmmm. seems the caps thing applies to me too. anyways, he doesn’t drink coffee. silly boy. of course he feels like shit.

  2. Mica Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    Sweetie, you’re living at home. More than likely it’s a coping mechanism because all you want to do is hide and you need a reason. Just a guess but that’s what was happening to me.

  3. Mia Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    My diagnosis of mild illness is living at home and being mentally beaten down my the comments and attitude your mom keeps throwing your way. Lack of sleep easily could be contributing towards it too.

  4. Rikki Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    I have to agree with J about the mild illness thing, so true. Hopefully you start feeling better soon. I hate being sick.