A Typical Sick Day (Getting Stir Crazy)

 

Song:  Nothing Else Matters Medley

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Although my illness isn't so severe...

it is just lingering.

If it doesn't substantially get better within two weeks...

I will go in to see a doctor and insist upon an x-ray to rule out pneumonia.

This deep cough and general malaise simply won't go away.

I have been just lying in bed all day long on most days...

merely heating up a quick meal and then going back to bed.

However...

every few days...

I just get stir crazy and I just drive into town to eat out...

to not only break up the monotony...

but to feed a craving for some other type of food.

As the temperature has been steadily dropping...

and it has been lightly snowing here...

the cold air exacerbates my deep cough whenever I take Bandi out to her forest bathroom.

It is so frustrating to have lingering symptoms...

it is maddening.

My symptoms are not so bad as to need immediate medical attention...

but they are enough of a bother as to keep me in bed so as to not worsen.

OMG...

I am going stir crazy.

I received my DVD collection of the complete series of the Game of Thrones.

Earlier in the day...

I baked some potato wedges...

...and I heated up a frozen dinner of chicken parmesan. 

I haven't been feeling energetic enough to cook anything more healthful lately...

so I have just been eating frozen dinners...

as they are easy to prepare.

But...

every so often...

just to get out of the house...

I will sometimes drive into town to eat out.

Yesterday morning...

after eating my frozen dinner...

I just lay in bed and watched Frazier reruns on my ipad.

Later that evening...

I just wanted to eat a pizza...

 so I drove into Woodland Park to my favorite pizza place...

AJ's.

I get to view Pikes Peak from the restaurant as I eat.

I had arrived shortly after the sun had set.

Their pizza is so good.

I usually eat but once a day...

but I have been losing too much weight recently...

so I decided to eat once again...

a more caloric dense food.

As I don't eat many fatty foods at home...

when I eat out...

I will eat things I don't usually eat at home...

and so...

I felt like eating a pizza

(I ran out of frozen pizzas :)

After eating...

I decided to take some photos of the Christmas Lights around town on my way home.

I didn't take my normal camera with me...

so I just used my iPhone camera...

which doesn't take low light photos well...

and so...

the following night shots will be out of focus

 as the electronic shutter stays open for 3 seconds...

and any movement blurs the shot.

I stopped at a small park which is filled with multi colored lights on its trees.

There was a herd of deer in the park.

I briefly stopped on the side of the road on the way home to take a couple of shots

of the lights at the Wolf Reserve.

Once arriving at home...

I again lay in bed and watched more Frazier reruns.

After some hours...

I decided to make hot buttered popcorn...

...and binge watch the Game of Thrones on my iPad.

Bandi patiently waited for me to give her some of the popcorn.

I would eat a handful at a time...

and then give Bandi some...

over and over until it was gone.

She loves it.

After finishing off the popcorn...

I made myself one of my favorite desserts...

frozen blueberries covered in sweetened condensed milk.

I then brushed my teeth...

flossed...

and then settled in bed once again...

as I continued watching my DVDs...

until I fell asleep.

OMG...

I hate being ill.

Lying in bed all day and night is becoming such a bother.

Although I do have many entertainment options...

I am so tired of being tired  :)

I know I must sound spoiled...

but I have so many things I wish to do

that I simply don't have the energy for right now.

I don't even feel like reading.

I just watch movies or reruns on my iPad as I attempt to get more sleep.

While I know sleep is the best medicine...

and I have been slowly getting better...

I hate passively lying in bed all day long.

But...

all I can do is to eat more...

sleep more...

and simply bear it.

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Oh...

poor baby!

Yes...

I know.

As a man...

I love being active...

and I do become somewhat of a baby when I get ill.

It is the frustration of having to lie in bed

in an attempt to get over this illness that is simply driving me nuts!

Luckily...

illness is something which rarely visits me.

I will often go years without ever getting the flu or even a cold.

And...

once again...

I only had this same illness once before in my life...

decades ago.

It had taken two months to get over it before.

In a couple of weeks...

if the symptoms don't get substantially better...

I will go in to see a doctor.

It is just that I know there is nothing they can do at this moment.

I will just go into the steam sauna later today...

and try to breathe in hot steam and raise my body temperature enough

to stimulate my immune system into defeating whatever is infecting me.

Whatever it is...

it has not been bad enough to even raise a fever in me...

and my body aches have disappeared.

Anyway...

I hope to soon resume my projects...

and I also soon wish to drive to some of the ski towns to see their Christmas Light displays.

 I will take my camera to ensure I can get better night shots.

There are more beautiful sights to see...

and more delicious food to eat...

so...

my current project is getting well so I may go out to experience them.

In the meantime...

at least I have a whole series of Games of Thrones to watch

 in bed to help keep me from going completely stir crazy.

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Perhaps I need to be even more stubborn than is this illness.

I think I will use the steam sauna everyday...

for as high in temperature...

 and for as long as I can bear it...

for each session...

until my illness is completely gone.

I will just think of my steam sauna sessions as a fire breathing dragon burning away my illness.

Yeah...

that was my inner child speaking  :)