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I Lived to Tell Another Tale

....so I survived the swine flu or what I think was the swine flu. They don't test you unless you are either preggers, a child or an elderly person. I was none of those so I didn't get tested. I was confined to the couch Wed, Thurs and Friday and then on Saturday I felt like I could get off the couch and went to the grocery store to get more flu medicine. On Sunday I was able to go shopping at Costco and managed to get 40% of my christmas shopping done. But I was really tired when I got home. Today, I went to work and I am feeling about 70% back to normal. The the other 30% involves mucus oozing around in my head. That mucus is currently giving me a sinus headache. Long hot showers seem to help but this was the first time the flu medicine didn't really seem to be effective other than knocking me out for a few hours to sleep. Luckily, the sniffling, sneezing and fever are gone. I must say the mighty power of blue gatorade got me through this flu.

Being sick really wasn't much fun. I thought I would get some much needed rest with my two sick days from work but really all I could do was watch some TV and some really bad TV at that. Do you know they have remade "Let's Make a Deal" with my friend Jeff Daly's lookalike?? That show should be zonked! They also updated "The Price Is Right" with Drew Carrey. Is it me or does Drew seem to be having a really bad time? They still have the same Bob Barker games but the new colors are cheesy and Drew himself doesn't look like he is enjoying hosting. He kinda seems fake about hosting. Hummm? I had to ask why is this funny comedian hosting a game show. Seems kinda like a waste.

I also learned that I don't need to worry about Moses. Even though that dog sleeps a good 8-9 hours every night he doesn't seem to mind sleeping several more hours throughout the day. Who knew dogs liked to sleep so much?? I am completely jealous. Even in my sickness I couldn't sleep that much. I have noticed though that my dog likes to sleep in weird positions. I wished I had a camera of how he lays on the couch with his head cocked up. You can't help but laugh out loud when you witness this sight.

Well, that is pretty much all I have to say on the swine flu. Don't rub your eyes people. I found myself doing that a lot lately and whalla I got sick. So sanitize those hands and take care of yourselves!

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