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March 21, 2007
A Tamiflu-Induced Stream of Semi-conciousness
I have the flu. I have been glued to the couch since Friday. I will never again confuse a common cold with the flu. The flu is a very different animal. The flu comes suddenly and hijacks your body. The flu makes you feel old and like you are dying. I am taking Tamiflu and it is making me loopy and dizzy, but at least my bones have stopped hurting. I am weak. I have not showered in five days. I am a crybaby. I am not a good patient. Rafe is a good nurse. He made j-e-l-l-o and bought me magazines. I am whimpering a lot. No one is here right now to hear my whimpers. Tyra Banks is here though. I've been watching her show every day. I watched Babel yesterday too and it was very intense. Daytime television is more relaxing. I have become a very indiscriminate television viewer. I have begun to enjoy those commercials for Gibbs and the Chubb Institute. I want to order a catalogue for a hot new career but my phone has no juice left and I can't get up to charge it. I like that they're still producing new episodes of Family Feud. I think I would do well on that show. Who counts as "family"? It looks so sunny and Spring-like outside but I have no idea. I am sealed inside the house. We have a mouse in the house. He is brown and moves fast and likes to hang out near the microwave. I like to call my dad on the phone so I can hear him tell me comforting things...drink plenty of fluids, drink chicken soup until it's coming out of your ears, and promise not to go back to work for the rest of the week. I wonder if I will ever have enough energy to leave the house. I sat on the opposite end of the couch today and it felt like my whole perspective on the world had shifted. I am tired now. I need to lie down. No blogging for Debbie. Bye bye.
Posted by debbie at March 21, 2007 3:29 PM