Last night at about this time, I was at a Halloween party. Today, everyone who was at that party is now very sick. Dog sick. You know a miserable dog, the way they slouch, hang their heads, and give you big watery eyes? That's me.
I think it was the little smoked cocktail sausages. Bleh. I will never be interested in a little wienie again. But I digress.
I felt a little lightheaded and achy this morning, ate a small breakfast, took my supplements and some EC aspirin, watched TV. Felt worse, so went back to bed. Couldn't get any rest, couldn't stop shivering, even with cats covering me. About an hour or two later, I barfed the wienies from last night. Then I felt marginally better. So I thought it was the food. Maybe it was the aspirin. I stopped shivering and was able to rest, although I don't think I fell asleep. I was just too achy.
Well, now as I sit here I am once again shivering like a... shivery shiverer. Never fear, I am pushing fluids like a... fluid pusher. Slightly dehydrated brain; the similes are the first to go. I am leaving in a few minutes to go to the UTC and try to score some good drugs to settle my GI tract and knock me out for about 24 hours.
So I have a big favor to ask my fellow Kossacks. My business partner and I were going to volunteer for a variety of GOTV activities for 8 hours a day every day including Tuesday. Now with only 3 days left, it looks like we will not be able to do that. Fortunately, sort of, the others at the party were friends and neighbors, not other volunteers.
But oh, to volunteer for over a month, only to be sidelined the final three days! I want to scream and tear my hair out. Instead, I decided to write a diary. More below the wavering orange squiggle.