Being sick on BMEfest weekend sucks more.
The last few days I'd had some mild backache & stuff, usually what comes with my period but usually goes away after the first day, this didn't. Then yesterday at work the backache became somewhat unbearable, and my brain feeling like it was being squished like a stress ball started, my co-worker told me I was getting a migraine, probably from the weather/pressure change.
Then I started getting chills, went to my car to “lay down” Came back in with what looked/felt like a fever. Light started making my eyes & head hurt more so I was in an office with the lights turned off trying to work or nap on top of the desk. Then loud noises started hurting me, which did not help that one of the girls has a loud shrieking voice, and the other started yelling at her daughter over the phone.
Somehow, I felt okay by the time I left work, and went to unicycle club to meet up with cute unicycle boys I haven't seen… in 24 hours. (Last chance to see them, they started driving to Chicago this morning) And after unicycling we went to play rock band at the shop. Haha. Schooled most everyone on both hard and expert levels (Except Kevin McMullin who also played on hard/expert), just because I could.
Somewhere in that evening I started shaking uncontrollably. I had to put my tongue between my teeth so my teeth would stop chattering. I ended up leaving early to try & drive home. I wasn't shaking so badly in the car, but became extremely disoriented, and what should have been a 30 minute drive took over an hour because I kept missing exits and kept turning in the wrong direction. By the time I got out of the car I fell over 3 times getting into the house from the garage.
Resorted to crawling the rest of the way to my room to keep from falling over any more, stuck myself in the recovery position should I suddenly throw up in my sleep because I felt like I might… and quite promptly passed out.
This morning I felt much better. When laying down. Every time I got up I felt like I was going to fall. Finally called into work to say I wasn't coming in. Screw my boss if she tries to say I wanted an even more extended vacation (I took Monday off to have a 4 day weekend) because both of my coworkers can attest to my being very sick Thursday afternoon. I finally slept until about 11am after calling in sick, and around an hour ago felt good enough to be upright. My head still feels a bit squishy but I have 9 more hours to pump some more drugs into me to be able to make it to BMEfest.
Although, if I don't make it to BMEfest, don't hate me. Because… well… read above.
At least I know this sickness isn't my fault. Colin got hit with the exact same thing yesterday too!
