I may not have actually been ill in a traditional sense but I certainly felt that way. Last year had the first two times that I had ever suffered from dehydration to the point where I had gotten sick. The first time I would have sworn to god that I was dying. But luckily I didn't. Yesterday's episode wasn't quite THAT bad but it was horrible in its own rights!

I had started drinking spring water regularly. While at work two days ago I drank quite a few bottle of water. But that night I started feeling 'odd' (best descriptor) and got tired prematurely and ended up passing out earlier than I normally do.

I woke up with the tight neck and accompanying grinding headache that often result. Over time the headache gets worse and begins to affect my stomach. The the nausea kicks in. I still felt so tired and exhausted. I made coffee to try to keep me awake during the ride to work. But after it was heated, the thought of coffee made me feel more ill so I decided it best to not consume it. I drank what water we had here. I tried to not get sick in the shower. Was successful. Got myself dressed and left for work. I stopped at 7-Eleven to get Gatorade and a liter bottle of water. Now Gatorade (and the Powerade I drank when I got to work) contain electrolytes which help your cells accept and better use water. I learned how well it works if I drink one of the 'ades first and then drink as much water as I can since.

So somehow I arrive at work. Hot as hell due to the heat/humidty (yes, the heat index) and having no A/C in my car. I didn't roll up my windows or lock my doors. I just grabbed what was left of my drinks and I sat on a milk crate in our walk-in freezer since I managed to get there 25 minutes early. I drank all that and then got the grape Powerade I'd mentioned already and drank that. At this point I was worried about drinking too much too quickly.

Unfortunately I can't begin to the think of the appropriate descriptor words to explain exactly how I felt but suffice to say that it SUCKED. My boss told me to try to take it a little easier if I need to. At that I point I literally wanted nothing more than to drink as much water as I can and then curl up in bed and sleep.

But thankfully, slowly throughout the night I started feeling better. I decided that I may just get on to play some World of Warcraft (I haven't even mentioned this entirely new development yet but that entry is coming!). I started to feel pretty good actually.

On the way home I turned up my mp3 player with Evans Blue blasting ( haven't gotten to praise their new album on here yet either. That's coming as well!) which was something I didn't dare even think of doing being sick on the way to work.

When I got home I had the vigor to clean up several things and then earned my next level in WOW (15) and when I was actually tired enough to sleep and I shut off my computer and turned off my TV the laying down in bed felt better than it had in quite some time. Many times sleep feels like a waste of time and that I would if the human body could function without it. It feels like something that just HAS to be done whether you want to or not. But last night I'd welcomed it.

Now, because the sickness was so horrible..I wouldn't wish it upon myself again but it's a little ironic that the best that I'd felt in quite some time actually came afterwards. Now to find that peace in some other fashion.

That is all for this session. Thank you for spending some time with me.
Have a superb day and write about it so that I can know.
=0)

Comment! (4) | Recommend!

Too much bad shyte is going on at work..especially for what they pay me. I'm afraid that I won't be able to get another job soon enough for my liking. Or for my sanity. I won't put it all here but Chad is causing trouble at work. And while I am sure that I did everything I had to last night he sent me a message to expect another meltdown from my boss when I get there. I tried waking the moron up to atleast find out what I am going to be admonished for before I get there so I'm not walking in on one of her fiery yelling-at-me sprees without knowing what's it's all about.

Alls I know is that I HAVE to get the hell out of that place and it sucks that I'll have to put up with it until whenever I can find another job. It'll take a while to hear back from a place, schedule and make the interview and then wait for their response. And I already have to make sure that any prospective employer talks to our store manager and not my food manager because she said she'd give me a bad recommendation so that I can't go anywhere. i am going to talk with our store manager to let him know that I want them to talk only with him. I am going to tell hiring employers to let me know if she's the only one that they can talk with and if she gives me a bad reference. I'll go over her head. And if no one will help me, you will see the largest internet campaign ever launched against getting employed by a particular company. As you may have noticed from my previous entries...working there sucks. Atleast for me. But no one there is happy. And everyone keeps telling me that if _________ doesn't get straightened out (and fill the blank with whatever you want and someone will have said it!) that they are leaving.

I am sure that there was something non me-being-uber-pissed with my job to post about but I'll be damned if I can remember it now.

Well there are two things band related. The server account that hosts my band's site is up for renewal in 3.5 weeks and I can't pay for it. And for some reason our domain name has already gone inactive. Which pisses me off because it's still ours as long as we host with the company. But even for our last month with them you still can't access our site without a long URL (web address) to our server host and it's unacceptable. So we'll probably be going without a site for a little while and then go with a cheaper host.

And the other is that I finally heard back from the booker/promoter of shows at the previous venue we played the other week. I sent an e-mail a week ago but did not receive a reply. So I sent another mail last night. Got a response this morning with a show offer. So Chad and I will have to write off today/tonight for that date and I have to call the other two guys about practice on Friday and about that show on Saturday September first. Which as of now would be the first of two paying shows for the month. Which is HELPFUL!

That's about it. I'm approaching zero hour with a boss with a cattle prod or an electric chair to face and I'm sure it's blocking anything else positive I may have to say. We'll see if I am not too insane to post on the outcome tonight/tomorrow.

Have a good day! And if you do, send some of the extra good-day vibes my way. I don't want to kill anyone today =0)

Thanks.

Comment! (3) | Recommend!