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Feeling... Off

No coughing or sneezing, nor sounds of overt congestion nor anything gastric, but I've had a bit of a headache, some other vague pains, feeling vaguely out of breath and generally ready to take a general cold med, put a large glass of iced water on the headboard shelf (a nearly cat-proof spot) and read until I drop off to sleep. Nothing like what Tammy went through, nor, it seems, even as much as Darren has, but I've been dragging conspicuously even for a Monday

So... I believe that bedward plan's what I'm going to do.

Here's hoping for a more pleasant tomorrow.

Comments

SuperWife said…
Hope you can sleep it off, Mike! Feel better soon!!
9:29 PM
Doc Nebula said…
Soon, soon, the apocalyptic visions of a strange faceless dark man and an old, maundering Negro woman will begin to plague your sleeping hours. Once this starts, you're lost. All you can do is keep a leery eye out for laconic Texans and rambling old sociologists on motorcycles. If you can get under cover fast enough and put a bullet through both their brains before they hook up with that obnoxious bimbo and the smelly fat kid, you can probably ride the whole mess out in a basement somewhere without further complication.
6:09 AM
Mike Norton said…
SF: Thanks! Were I waking up to a day I was rushing to embrace I would have a better gauge of how I'm feeling. No coughing, sneezing or sounds of chest congestion. My head's almost always congested, and headaches are a daily thing, so perhaps that's all just me being me. It's always so difficult to tell on a workday.

H: I'm sure reams of pop cultural and literary analysis have been done on The Stand, but I was surprised how long it was into the process before I stopped to wonder why everyone was in North America, wondering if Europe, Asia, Australia, etc. each had their own Mother Abigail and Randall Flagg types to rally 'round.

But, yeah, putting myself in that situation I kept wondering if there was a None of the Above possibility, or if either the dreams would drive one mad until he responded by setting out for Colorado or Vegas, or if God & the Devil had simply stacked the deck by only letting those survive who would answer one of the calls.
8:29 AM
Anonymous said…
Not a pleasant thought, that.

As for my own early morning wakeup routine...well, it's nothing to post to the web about, save that's it's also annoying to me.

Oh well...
10:36 AM
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