El fuego
So far no Spanish learned. Meili had to take a bath. I gave her tuna this morning since she seemed to be having some constipation problems. Well, then she had tuna ears. Then we went on a walk to see the fire in Universal City behind the Hollywood sign (see Alan's blog in right column for pics), and she had diarrhea and got her fur all poopy. Now she is sleeping and ignoring me. Now I'm going to work on some Spanish and smell that fresh burning air.
Weekly Update
I'm feeling better finally. I have today off since I worked Sunday. I drove down to LA last night. Alan met me at the Thai restaurant on Melrose and Highland. It was mmm mmm good. This morning I slept in. Meili was looking pretty sore this morning, so I took care of her. Met Alan and Vito for lunch for sushi. The rest of the day will be spent doing my Spanish continuing education course. Sometime this weekend Alan and I are going to see Reign on Me. Other than that, just hanging out in the LA sunshine.
It's 6:30...
...and I'm still awake.
Tired of this crap
It's 4:30 in the morning. I've been awake since 2:30. I woke up feeling miserable. Congested, coughing, scratchy throat, itchy eyes. I'm in day 9 of being sick. I can't sleep, and foresee a miserable day ahead of me. I don't want to take Sudafed because it'll just keep me up more. I'm out of Nyquil. I have no idea why my eyes are acting up like they have been. I'm using eye drops as symptoms occur. This sucks!
I'm mute
I have been sick since Friday. Friday afternoon I started with a sore throat, headache, and fever. The sore throat was so bad, I was taking
Darvocet to relieve it so I could sleep. My fever broke on Saturday, and since I'd already bought tons of food for St. Paddy's Day dinner, Alan cooked for me. I slept on and off all day. Sunday I felt better, but was still exhausted. We slept in and went for lunch, a movie, then to Alan's mom's for a bit. We came back to the apartment, and I took a nap before going into work. Woke up with pink eye. Went to work to do the schedule, and get some eye drops. Took eye drops like it was my job, and went to bed. Woke up, and didn't feel too bad. Went to work. During the morning my throat hurt more and more, then I started to lose my voice. At lunch, Colleen bought me
popsicles...I ate them like it was my job. I went home, and told everyone I'd be back to work on Wednesday. Tuesday I felt terrible, and slept a good portion of the day. Still no voice Tuesday night. No voice yesterday morning. Called in sick. Called doctor. Felt better in early afternoon, but still no voice. Doctor calls back and tells me it's a virus, keep drinking fluids and get plenty of rest. No voice last night. Woke up today with a sore throat worse than yesterday's. Other than the sore throat (and yes...still no voice), I felt
ok. However, can't talk to
patient's with no voice, and Monday I felt '
ok' when I went to work, then had a backslide. So the goal is, if I stay home today, I will get my voice back, and will go to work tomorrow. I am stir crazy. I went out to get my allergy shot and grab lunch, and am now tired, however, still can't stand to be in my house anymore. I don't want to go out anywhere so I don't get sicker, plus, going out most likely means I will talk to someone when I'm not supposed to be talking.
Grrr. So long story endless...if you were expecting me to call you anytime soon, don't bet on it.
For those that own cats and/or dogs...
There has been a cat and dog food recall. Check
here.
New trail
Today I went to
Lewis Creek for some hiking and relaxing. Stumbled upon the snowline, read my book laying in the sun next to some whitewater, and watched 2 hikers go off trail rather precariously in search of hot springs at the top of the big falls. It was a nice day. Hopefully I'm more rejuvenated for work tomorrow.
I love you! LOVE YOU! But I gotta go put on a mask and film a fetish film...
Today was one of the easier and less stressful days at work. Not sure how. Maybe because I didn't feel so crappy, or because I was prepared for the worst and tried to plan ahead as much as possible. Either way, it all worked out. Monday morning is my next shot so I can't work on Monday. I'm going to work Sunday instead. Feeling very antisocial this week so I think I'm going to try to avoid folks this weekend. Don't be offended anyone, I just need a break. Need time to myself. I think tonight I'm going to work on some
continuing education and go to bed early. Tomorrow is supposed to be beautiful, so I may head up to the mountains. Thinking about some hiking at Lewis Creek. I have only been there once and didn't get to see much. It's a fairly easy hike. Thought I'd take a book and some food and spend a day in solitude. Sunday I'm going to bust tail and get as much work done as possible to make life easier for the
OT's on Monday. Not
particularly thrilled to work Sunday, but I can't complain really. I haven't had to work a weekend to make up a weekday in months. I was just kind of looking forward to a long weekend. Nothing else really going on with me. Just enjoying some solitude. Maybe Monday afternoon I'll do some packing. There is plenty of stuff in the closet. I was going to have a yard sale before I left Fresno, but now I'm leaning toward when I get to LA. That way I don't have to go through stuff I haven't unpacked from Ohio. Figure it all out there. I know a lot of my
knick knacks will go. Alan and I won't have room for that stuff. Living in LA will force me to downsize. That's good. I don't need unnecessary clutter. Just more stuff to clean around. I do have some ideas to decorate the apartment (since Alan hasn't done so much). Well that's my random post. Time to learn Spanish for the OT.
Yum, yum, yummy
Tonight I finally stopped at the Filipino restaurant nearby my house and tried some carry out. I've driven by it a million times and think nearly everytime, "I should try that sometime." Mmm it was good. I got a beef dish that is kind of a curry sauce with potato and green olives. I also got pancit of course. I got eggrolls because they always look good, then they make me sick to my stomach. All in all it was a success and I recommend Jojo's kitchen to the folks that drive by and think, "I should try that sometime."
In other
news...
Blah!
My head hurts today. As do my eyes. I'm exhausted. I'm congested, and alternate from sneezing to drippy nose. I have felt so good since Winter started, that I forgot how crappy allergies are. I'll either feel better soon, or I'll OD on sinus and allergy meds.
Happy National Pig Day (for real)
This week has been a interesting week. The boss is on vacation, and since I'm the 'supervisor', I get to play boss. Basically, I get to go to his morning meetings, lead the department meetings, and try to keep things from blowing up. I don't really have much authority. I see my role and making sure the department doesn't go to hell and stuff gets done that needs to get done. It's been a stressful week. I'm trying to not be a complete bitch, but also trying to let people know when they are putting me in an awkward or compromised position. All and all, it's not too bad until I try to do treats and Chris's job all at the same time. Only one more day then Chris will be back, and I can resume my more peon job. Hopefully, people have not taken anything that's happened this week personal.
