Hi Ho, Hi Ho

It's back to bed I go. I made it an hour and a half, but am just too damn sick to keep working. I could push through if I were sitting at a desk, but no way can I carry heavy things right now. I'm going to eat something, shower, then get some sleep before my surgery appointment (where I will lie and say I feel fine, just a little tired from the job).

Sick Dreams

( They're always so interesting... like a train wreck is interesting. )

*cough cough*

I canceled the "neck scar do-over" appointment. I was feeling too lousy.

It's hard to know which symptoms are from the illness and which are from the damn smoke. It's like a fog all through the area. We've been at a Stage II Air Alert since Monday. Visibility is currently at 4 miles. At 5 pm, it was at 1.8 miles. Every time I go outside and breathe that nasty air, my head starts pounding twice as hard.

I bought two bandannas today. I was looking for do rags. The only ones I found were black with a Jack Daniels print. I'm thinking black isn't conducive to the head-cooling function I'm wanting, so I skipped it. The bandannas will work until I find a do rag I like. (One is sky blue, the other is pink-purple. Both have a tie-dye mottled color pattern.) I may start wearing a bandanna tied over my mouth and nose whenever I go outside. It really does make a difference, and isn't terribly uncomfortable. (I'll be far from the only person in Missoula wearing something over the mouth and nose.) I also bought a sticker for my hard hat. I was looking for a "Girls Kick Ass" sticker, but couldn't find one. The right side of my hard hat now sports a large purple sticker that says "All Hail to the Mighty Princess." The left side will wait for the "Girls Kick Ass" sticker. ;-)

Fever is spiking. I'm sweating like crazy. Soon I'll get chills. Whee. Thanks again to fuckingsilence for the Nyquil he bought me months back... I feel a "healing coma™" coming on. (*glug glug shudder zzzzzzzzzzzz*)