So, several of Flint’s partners have gotten colds over the past few days.

Of course, he’s not showing any symptoms.

And, of course, I’ve got a stuffy nose and a sore throat.

This is the definition of #polyproblems.

Thursday Thoughts.

Craftsmate finally talked me into seeing a doctor today and I apparently have not only an ear infection but also pneumonia. So, uh, that’s that.
I missed one of my classes to go see the doctor and my professor is giving me shit about it. Like, seriously? I’ve apparently been walking around with this shit for weeks and even went to my seminar today so GET OFF MY SHIT.
I’d just like to share I’m participating in No Shave November for THESE REASONS. Also because I’m not supposed to stay in a shower that long now. Except I might shave them tonight. Except I kind of like them hairy. I don’t know. I might try to make it to November 15th just to see what it’s like.
Totally digging all the awesome firsts in Congress right now, though. So that’s good.
Anybody want to take a trip with me to Colorado once my lungs are functional again?
This whole pneumonia experience is teaching me that I need to be more reasonable with myself. Especially now that I’m getting all down on myself for not having gone to the gym in a while because of how crappy I was feeling (which now can be pretty accurately explained) and trying to still burn the candle at every end while I know I am sick as a dog. So, ugh, I need to actively try to learn a lesson here.
I was sexting Penthouse in the waiting room, though. So, uh, I guess that’s sort of a win? Right? A little bit?

Well, tumblr.

All the schoolwork, partying, staying out late, messing around, organizing, campaigning, and general burning the candle at both ends has finally caught up with me and I am sick. So sick. Really. My voice sounds like Neil Young’s.

Right now, I need to focus on self-care but my head is running at 10,000 miles a minute over thesis, the election, schoolwork and everything else.

Since I am not the proprietress of a latex straightjacket (I’m intrigued, though, okay?), let’s hope I find some way to hold still, just breathe, sleep properly, and get myself together.

Dearest Tumblr,

(Please feel free to skip. This is a rant and a little too TMI)

I am not a doctor. I don’t really know much medically. But let me tell you a little something about a drug called Chloroquine.

It’s used to prevent malaria. I took my first Chloroquine yesterday with my lunch, as instructed. My stomach hurt a bit, but I was told this would happen. I proceed with my day normally and was fine. Then, at three in the morning, I woke up and got sick. I never, ever do that. Really.

I got incredibly cold. I was trembling harder than I have ever before. I literally could barely walk and I managed to go to sleep. I wake up a few hours later and cannot even bring myself to leave bed. I have to force crackers down to keep from getting sick again. I chug a gatorade (yuck) and my friends take me to a diner where I manage to get some eggs down.

I send an email to the woman who prescribed it to me with a ton of enthusiasm. I google the drug and speak to montecervesa, who is seriously a wealth of knowledge and was a huge help/provided a ton of support. Google and The Count agree, Chloroquine is a horrifically bad drug. People would rather get malaria than take these pills. I had a huge list of pills I could’ve possibly taken and this woman gives me what appears to be the worst.

She responds to my email really blandly and says she’s going to prescribe me more pills. I google this brand. It looks just as bad. I send back something that may have been a little bitchy, but I’m tired and I have to work 9 hours and gosh darn it.

Thanks for listening.

<3, Ivy

My terrible coffee to actual food consumed ratio yesterday has left me feeling pretty gross this morning. Oh, finals.

So, I’m sick. No, not this kind of sick. (Well, that, too.) Like, sick sick. Like I have a cold.

Thankfully, my professor was super understanding and told me I could just bring my paper to seminar next week. Not so thankfully, I have to spend the day nursing myself back to health since I have a really important meeting with my department coming up AND I’ve got some really awesome weekend plans I don’t want to cancel.

Blegh.