Aw, boy. Being sick is a drag. I can can stare out into nothingness for 10 straight minutes, come-to again and not recall one thought that went through my head. Keeps you in check though. Keeps you grateful that you don’t regularly feel woozy every time you stand up, you don’t have excess fluid in your eyes and throat and you don’t want to fall asleep every other hour.
My entire body has been sensitive to all elements. Last night I put a fork full of food in my mouth and my whole mouth tingled — my taste-buds were doing backflips! I think my eyes even watered. When I shower, my skin is so in love with the hot water that I can’t bring myself to get out — a moment out of the hot water is frigid when you have fever-like symptoms and if you stay in it for an extended time you feel faint afterwards.
The transition from sick to healthy can be so subtle and rest assured we all take it for granted. The health usually shows up in the form of energy; you laugh more easily, you stand up from sitting with more spring in your step and you want to get out a bit more.
I’m feeling the subtle energy tonight. I’m going out for dinner and I’m not sure how it’s going to go. Either way, it’s a good step. I’m putting myself in a setting with more energy than I can find at home and I’m feeling a bit more energetic as well. Hopefully, the restaurant and I will mesh.
I later found out that it wasn’t just a fever but it was the long, slow build up toward tonsillitis. One of the roughest illnesses I’ve ever had!