Health whining
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breakinglight11I am a little bit ill. Not very, barely any symptoms, honestly, but definitely ill. I take pretty good care of myself and I guess I have a strong immune system, so I don't often get sick, and when I do it frequently takes the form of a dragging exhaustion with a bit of congestion or a sneeze. That's where I am right now, constantly wanting to sleep and feeling a slight nagging pressure in my face that really doesn't react well to barometric shifts. I've been this way to a very minor degree since Arisia ended.
My life is in a brief easy period for now. The one advantage of having fewer classes and tutoring instead is that I have a lot less day to day work. It makes it less of a problem that I want to sleep all the time. But I'm taking a several-week online pitching class right now that runs on west coast time. It's only two nights a week, but it starts no earlier than eight, and with the workshop component often goes into the wee hours. I'm not a night person at the best of times, much less when I'm sick, and sometimes have to get up at six to get to my North Shore class.
I think it's also made me particularly sensitive to the cold. Even when it's really not so bad out, I've been shivering and kind of struggled to do things. My house has old-fashioned steam heat that makes it a losing battle to try and get above maybe 62 degrees or so, and ridiculously expensive to try. So when I get home, I've gotten into a terrible habit of building a blanket nest around myself, and I don't want to get out of it because it's so much cozier than anywhere else. It means I sort of bed down immediately and any task that requires being up and about gets avoided. But between being so tired and so cold all the time, I've not quite had the energy to break the habit.
It's not a big deal. I'm barely sick, and I need to just be more mindful of wearing more layers. Now that I'm aware of the nesting, I can make better choices. But I need to make sure I eat healthy and get as much sleep as I can, so I can get back some of the strength to deal with these things.
My life is in a brief easy period for now. The one advantage of having fewer classes and tutoring instead is that I have a lot less day to day work. It makes it less of a problem that I want to sleep all the time. But I'm taking a several-week online pitching class right now that runs on west coast time. It's only two nights a week, but it starts no earlier than eight, and with the workshop component often goes into the wee hours. I'm not a night person at the best of times, much less when I'm sick, and sometimes have to get up at six to get to my North Shore class.
I think it's also made me particularly sensitive to the cold. Even when it's really not so bad out, I've been shivering and kind of struggled to do things. My house has old-fashioned steam heat that makes it a losing battle to try and get above maybe 62 degrees or so, and ridiculously expensive to try. So when I get home, I've gotten into a terrible habit of building a blanket nest around myself, and I don't want to get out of it because it's so much cozier than anywhere else. It means I sort of bed down immediately and any task that requires being up and about gets avoided. But between being so tired and so cold all the time, I've not quite had the energy to break the habit.
It's not a big deal. I'm barely sick, and I need to just be more mindful of wearing more layers. Now that I'm aware of the nesting, I can make better choices. But I need to make sure I eat healthy and get as much sleep as I can, so I can get back some of the strength to deal with these things.
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