And in other news...

[moominmuppet]

Becca's got the flu that's going around. Miserable, feverish, horrible cough -- I'm really hoping like hell that the flu vaccinations they did in our office a month or so back are efficacious (I know there's been some question about that, because the vaccine was optimized for a different strain than what ended up showing up). And there's some little part of me freaking that she's having to take time off work this soon into this job -- there's no way she could go (she can barely stand up), but I know folks who've lost jobs for similarly infuriating reasons. I'm actually not really pleased about having to leave her home by herself all day when she's this sick, either. I can't do much that's more useful than bringing her tea and OJ and meds, though, and most of what she needs is sleep, so I went ahead and came in to work.

I don't seem to be sick, and I'm hoping it stays that way, since I'm supposed to be heading for Philly on Thursday evening. However, I've had one of those three-days-long headaches again. It's been minor to the point of almost-gone most of the time, but randomly peaking here and there, which is deeply annoying, and has a rather negative effect on my ability to concentrate on anything. And my sleep patterns have just been screwed (which probably contributed to the development of the headache, actually) -- I've had insomnia most of the past week. Not horribly so, but enough to bring my daily average on sleep down to about five hours a night, and I can't function on that. The headache and the sleep-dep have combined badly with yet more understaffing and system problems at work, and I've been rather irritable and antisocial as a result. Tonight is patient-instructing, and sometime between now and Thursday morning I need to get the house cleaned up, and everything set for Becca to take care of the pets for the weekend, and packed, and all that. I'm nervous, but psyched.

And all of the above sounds like I'm in some kind of horrible mood, but I'm really not. Exhausted, and a little stressed, but my mood itself is really pretty good. But the 'lots to do, and too little focus to go around' is leaving me way behind on LJ, still (including on comments I've received -- sorry about that). Anyway, I'm alive and doing fine, although I'm sure some "healthy vibes" for Becca wouldn't go amiss.

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[firinel.livejournal.com]

I've had the horrible headache too, and if I see another skien of yarn in the next year it'll be too soon.

Don't worry about coming here in a miserable mood, either. At worst we'll just all sleep the entire damn weekend, and at best we'll cheer each other up. and hell, bring dirty clothes if you have to, Marn always did, and you can wash them once you get here with less stress then trying to get it all done before you arrive. And who needs clothing, anyway?