I think I'm going to have to change my Halloween costume plans, because there is just no way that I can see myself making the Bride of Frankenstein wig in time. It's theoretically possible, but I really think it's just too ambitious at the moment. Mono sucks all of the energy out of me, and I'm getting really frustrated with the daftest things. We went to KMart and bought a cheesy wig for Doc's brain slug to nest in, and it took me at least an hour to get the slug sewn on. It just wouldn't sit in the right place and look in the right direction, I had to keep taking it back off and starting again, and I got SO grumpy about it. Poor Doc offered to help by wearing the wig whilst I sewed the slug on, and I was extremely sarcastic about that suggestion, which in retrospect was very unfair of me. Although I still can't quite see how he thought that would work... Anyway...
This Mono thing is just ridiculous. Realistically I'm going to be convalescing for at least another two weeks,
I hope that's a pessimistic estimate but let's take that as our working
model. This means I have to make some decisions about work, as well as my other commitments and plans. Work is actually ok-ish, in that my manager is being great about the whole thing and insisting I look after myself, but I want to just have a little chat with HR to see how the land lies on this sort of illness. I want to know how it's going to affect my annual leave (I will be absolutely bloody furious if I can't go home for Christmas because of this) and if there are any problems I haven't even thought of.
As for my classes the main issue is that they are in the evening, so that's an extra three hours at the end of my working day on Monday and Wednesday and that was tiring even before I had Mono. I can see myself managing to attend the classes if I rest all day by not going into work, but that seems really cheeky to me; particularly as the tuition is being waived by the University because I'm a staff member. It's a conundrum.
Finally Doc has a conference in Denver next week, and I am supposed to be going with him. I've been looking forward to it for ages
now, and we've already booked our flight and hotel, but I'm just not sure
traveling is the best idea. Once I get there, I think I'll be fine;
I'll send Doc out for food and then just stay in the hotel room
watching cartoons and sleeping, the only difference will be I won't
have cats walking across my tender spleen at 6 in the morning. On the
one hand, I know the travel itself will be exhausting; but on the other
hand Denver has a branch of Lush and I'm fairly sure the retail therapy
of stocking up on moisturiser and fabulous smelling soap would be a big
help.
I did consider putting another vote up in this post, so that I could canvas for your opinions on these issues because when I'm ill I prefer to abdicate decision making responsibility to someone else, but I know I can't do that. Apparently I'm an adult now, and that means making my own mind up about these situations. sigh.
Oh, the one good thing is that I have lost more weight, despite the whole lying around and not going to the gym aspect of the illness. Don't worry! I'm not doing it on purpose, and I'm trying to make sure I eat well, but if not having much of an appetite and fighting a virus ends up burning off some fat, well let's not look that gift horse in the mouth.
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