Back in December, it seemed that everyone I knew was sick, getting sick, or just getting over being sick. I watched as it spread from one person to the next, wondering when it was going to strike me.
When my Aunt and Uncle came up from Missouri for Christmas, my Aunt was just getting over being sick and my Uncle got sick while up here.
After the holidays came and went, I assumed I was in the clear and even boasted recently that I managed not to succumb to whatever was going around. That gloating, however, would be short lived.
I woke up Wednesday morning puking my guts up.
Ok, technically, I didn’t wake up in the act of vomiting, but I woke up because my body was about to commit the act.
Even though I knew it was coming, I dreaded it. I absolutely hate vomiting! It’s like the end of the world to me. I’m one of those people who throw-up from the toes up! It’s like I can’t do it without every single muscle in my body participating in the act, which makes it absolutely miserable.
I imagine I look like someone in a horror movie undergoing some kind of transformation, like changing into a werewolf. It’s absolutely hideous and dreadful.
I guess to someone watching, it could be quite entertaining, if he or she is a sadist.
The only person I know that is worse than me is Brian, my brother-in-law. He makes me look like I’m enjoying it.
Anyway, I really thought I’d feel a lot better by today, but … noooo!
I still feel like crap!
I guess that’s rather fitting since it seems that’s all I’ve been doing for the last two days. I won’t complain though because I’d rather be inflicted with “Montezuma’s Revenge” than have to throw-up!
On a positive note, my stomach isn’t so freakin’ sore today! I’ve never had my stomach actually get sore from vomiting before. I guess having the damn dry heaves didn’t help!
I could also take some satisfaction in knowing that my flu coincided with bad weather. I mean, it has snowed quite a bit and the roads were really bad for about two days, so if I was going to be confined to the house … at least it’s like killing two birds with one stone.
I did finally get out last night and the roads were great. The driveway, on the other hand, was another story. Even though we had it plowed by Josh, my cousin’s husband, my vehicle was surrounded by hard, wind-blown snow.
I really didn’t feel like shoveling, so I just put it in 4WD. Even though it was in 4WD, it still took me 10 minutes of burning rubber to get it out of the drift that it was in. I know, it’s probably not the smartest thing to do since the snow was so high and so hard, but I still didn’t feel that great and besides … I never get a chance to use the 4WD!!
I know it’s a total guy thing, but it’s hard to resist playing with our vehicles.
When I came back in the house, after cleaning all the snow off my vehicle and warming it up, I was like, “I’m freezing!”
My grandpa says, “They have these things called coats …”
I was like, “I know … I know … I just hate wearing them.”
Anyway, the reason I actually got out last night was because Zach wanted me to take him to buy “Action Reply” for Xbox because his “Halo 2” clan is making some kind of movie to post to the Internet and they needed a “HUDless mod.”
Before leaving though, I called Best Buy to see if they had it and they said they only had it for the Xbox 360. I called EB Games and they said they had it only for the Xbox and that they hadn’t made one for the 360 yet.
I took him first to Best Buy because he’d prefer to have it for the 360 since he mostly plays on it.
When we got there, we couldn’t find it. He went to ask someone about it while I was still looking.
The guy that helped him, Shawn, actually grew up across the street from me.
When I walked up to both of them, he was like, “Hey Shane!”
Zach looked at him funny since he knew my name, so Shawn told him, “We grew up across the street from each other.”
All three of us went to look at the Xbox accessories to see if they had an “Action Replay” for either system.
I told him, “I called and the guy that took my call said you guys have them for the Xbox 360 but not for the Xbox.”
He said, “I checked and the system shows we don’t have them for the Xbox and that they haven’t even made one for the 360 yet. Who did you talk to?”
I said, “I have no idea, but he said he was the only one working this department today and was really busy.”
While Zach was looking, Shawn asked, “So, is this Courtney’s kid?”
I said, “Yup, it’s her oldest.”
He asked, “How many does she have?”
I replied, “Two. The other one is younger by two years but is actually bigger than him.”
During the course of our conversation, we looked at the ARs for the other game systems just so we knew what we were looking for. I finally told him, “I called EB Games and they said they have it for the Xbox.”
He said, “Yeah, I’d just take him over there because as you can see, we don’t carry any original Xbox accessories any more.”
So we went across the street to EB Games. There wasn’t one parking spot, so I had to let him off and let him go in and get it by himself.
Those are the only two places we went, not because I wasn’t feeling good, but because he couldn’t wait to get back home to try it out.
Once I was out, I actually wanted to make a couple more stops, but since he wanted to get home … I figured I’d just do what I wanted to do today. I didn’t know, however, that my stomach would be more of a wreck today than it was yesterday!
Anyway, it’s been a while since I’ve had to run to the bathroom, so I think I’m going to go shower, go get something to eat with Mom and whoever else goes, and go pick up a few things I need from the store.
I wish I were feeling better because I’d love to take my nephews sledding at the Country Club. Although, the last several times I went sledding over the years, I’ve got hurt every time.
Hmm … I’ll have to write a post sometime about all the stupid things I’ve done while sledding. I think that’d be amusing.
