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My Air Conditioner

Well wouldn’t ya’ know!?

Just as soon as I install my Air Conditioner, the gloomy weather rolls in.

I installed the air conditioner last weekend because we had a hot day and the apartment was really hot and stuffy, so I thought it was a good time to put the sucker in the window. Maybe the weather was finally going to start to feel like it was actually Summer.

Boy, was I wrong.

Ever since I’ve put the thing in the window the weather has been pretty crappy. Well not entirely crappy. Just not air conditioner worthy.

There are a few days that are warm, but not really ‘take your shirt off cause it’s holy fucking hot out’ hot.

Now that the A/C is in the window now, and now that the weather has been pretty gloomy. The chilly air comes through the vents in the air conditioner at night, so when the temperature drops down to around 4°C  the place gets a little bit chilly so the heat has to be turned on.

Now I bet if I decided to take it back out of the window, we would be hit with a heat wave the moment it came out of the window.

GAH! Are we going to get some good Weather or Not?

I wrote a post yesterday but this POS computer went and decided that it would like to make a bunch of noise and run a bunch of system shit all at the same time causing my system resources to plummet to zero and after waiting for about 5 to 10 minutes for it to finish doing whatever the fuck it was doing I gave up and shut it down. Unfortunately, losing everything I wrote.

So this is my second attempt, now that I have had time to cool down.

Went to the hospital the other day because the coughing has gotten worse and I’m spitting up blood now. The blood is because the coughing has caused sores in my throat. Since it is hamburger by the way.

The Doc says I have a touch of Pneumonia and the Yellowish Green Phlegm that isn’t pink from blood is actually the infection. I am also lucky that I went to them when I did or I would be out of work for several days, possibly even a week or two.

I’m home again today. Although I can’t afford to be, it was recommended because apparently at this stage of the infection that I’m at the mercy of practically ANY infection that could make things terribly worse if I were to catch another bug from work if I did go in.

I’m on some weird antibiotics which are supposed to help clear up the shit in my chest. Thankfully it feels like it is working. I was told to stay home for a couple of days, yesterday I was off anyway and today is the second day. So hopefully by tomorrow afternoon it’ll be OK to go back into work.

When I called my drive to let her know that She didn’t have to wait for me because I wouldn’t be going in she told me that along with all the great cold and flu viruses going around at work, the latest new thing was PINK EYE. Yea, really! Some fucking fucktard thought it was an alright idea to go into work with fucking PINK EYE! Fortunately, they sent their infected fucked up ass home, but what about all the shit they touched and people they came in contact with?

Anybody know what it cost to own a hazmat suit?

I haz it!

It never fails. When ever I get a cold or a flu I always end up with a bad case of Post Nasal Drip.

Last night I had to leave work early because I couldn’t stop coughing and because of all the barking and coughing my throat turned to hamburger. Working a job that requires you to actually speak and having to deal with the hamburger throat and coughing, I was better off throwing in the towel and get my sick ass home.

That’s a day and a half of pay that I’m going to loose because of this fucking flu. Thankfully I’m off today and I can deal with it.

While at work, all I heard all over the entire production floor was coughing, nose blowing, and sneezing. There were several dozens of people sick. Some trying to be hygienic, but most were not. 

The employer has even supplied the employees antibacterial cloths along with the anti-bacterial hand wash located throughout the building’s walls to help combat the ever growing viral infestation.

I only witnessed a few people actually using them, including myself plus I had a bottle of Purell Hand Sanitizer Gel (with Aloe so the hands wouldn’t dry up and crack to shit.), but most of the sick were not. Which really pissed me off because it’s poor hygienic practices like that which is most likely the cause of why everybody is fucking sick in the first place.

Well later on when I was home I passed out watching TV only to be awaken by massive coughing fits and trying to catch my breath. If anybody has experienced a bad case of Post Nasal Drip then you know that sleep is something that is rare when you have a case of it. You are constantly awaken because of the gaging and coughing caused by it. There is absolutely no sleeping position you can position yourself into in order to prevent the barking and coughing caused by the Post Nasal Drip.

Causes of Post-nasal Drip

The inside lining of the nose produces large amounts of mucus to clean the nose, trap foreign particles (e.g., dust), and to fight infection. Post-nasal drip can be caused by various medical conditions including sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses), viral infections such as the common cold, rhinitis (a runny nose that may be acute or chronic), allergies, or bacterial infections. In some cases, post-nasal drip can be caused by reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Suffice to say, I didn’t get much sleep last night. I knew I had a bad case of Post Nasal Drip because I’ve experienced this all to many of times. So I made a run next door to the drug store. I usually have my doctor prescribe me some Flonase but that shit is way to expensive and I didn’t think I could manage getting an appointment with her and get a drive into Oromocto which is about a 25-30 minute drive from here.

I asked the pharmacist what would be a good over the counter drug to help combat this damn pain in the ass symptom and he suggested the Same thing I normally use for my allergies in the summer. He said that Aerius should help dry the fuck out of my face and stop the Post Nasal Drip.

$20 for a box of 20 tablets! OMG! But I was desperate and grabbed a box.

They say they start to work within 45 minutes. It’s been 3 hours and my face is still draining and that fucking tickling in the back of my throat from the Post Nasal Drip is still there. I’ve went through half a roll of TP from blowing my nose and my waste basket is due for another changing because it’s getting full.

The side effects from the Aerius are about the only things that are working, and that is the headache and the drowsiness, even though these are non-drowsy. I’m tempted to take another even though it says no more than one in 24 hours, but I’m desperate.

I’ve tried all the other home remedies before too. Like the warm salt water solution shot through the nose. Yea’ that’s right. Snorting warm salt water in the nose. It actually does work, but only provides temporary relief for about an hour or two and having to do that every couple of hours is just about as annoying as the chronic coughing.

I’ll just give this Aerius a chance. Maybe it’ll kick in later on or something. (Crossing Fingers) Hopefully I can get some sleep tonight. Hopefully by tomorrow, I’ll be able to do my job also. I can’t afford this time off.

[While writing this post I have sneezed about 30 times, blew my nose about 60 times, filled my wastebasket, emptied a roll of TP, lost count of the coughing fits, spit up about 8 times.]

Contagious Cat

That LOL Cat’s Pick is just perfect for this post.

I stayed home from work today. I am in no condition to do anything today. I was just barley able to walk next door to go pick up some flu medicine. Every move I made hurt like hell. Every joint in my body aches.

The nose is starting to run like crazy now, so my waste basket is full of TP and overflowing. Throat is still very sore and my chest is also still congested. And yet the fever is still making me burn up and then have the chills. The constant change between the chills and the burning up is already past the point of annoying.

The cats are getting pissed off at me because I keep moving around on the bed and have to keep getting them to move when I keep going under the covers and removing the covers. The aches also have me moving around a lot and they keep getting a foot in the face, or  a back rolling over on them.

Buddy will occasionally cuddle up behind me and give me a back and neck massage, he a good kitty. Knows when to show pity for me. Or maybe it’s his way of trying to get me out of bed to go fill their dinner bowels.

What really sucks about having to lay in bed all day is that there is absolutely fuck all on the TV. There is nothing to watch, nothing interesting that is. I rented an On Demand Movie, “HANCOCK” just to have SOMETHING to watch. Even though I have already seen it.

This Robitussin: Cough & Cold (Extra Strength) stuff is doing very little. It just tastes like shit and causes my GERD to flare up. So I had to also pick up something for that too.

It’s to bad that I’m feeling so crappy, or I would be enjoying a few cold beers right about now. I’m not scheduled to work tomorrow, so that’s going to be great for an extra day to recover. 

Hopefully by Monday, this will all have passed, and find out that Overtime is allowed again at work. But mostly I hope that I feel better.

I’ve got to go back to bed. The longer I sit up, the shittier I feel.

TTFN

All day long I’ve been trying to do the whole ‘mind over matter’ thing but as the day went on, the worst I felt and in the end, it was all futile.

I ache all over, I have a fever, my throat is sore, and my chest is congested.

Yup, I have the flu.

All week at work there were people sick and coughing all over the place. Some trying to be hygienic and others not.

I believed I emptied the hand sanitizer on the wall beside the desk I usually sit by, plus I went through two small bottles of anti-bacterial hand wash. I would also wipe the stuff on my workstation, mouse, and keyboard.

I tried to keep my distance from all of the infected, but I eventually succumbed to the bug that was making it’s way through the production floor.

I am sick, and from the way I’m feeling at the moment, I don’t think I’ll be going into work in the morning. 

My throat is literally stripped and raw as if I had a wire brush scrubbing  the inside of it. Then there is the body pains and aches that feel like I have just had the shit kicked out of me, or as Dragon Lady would say, “I feel like hammered poo.” I’m burning up with a fever and feel like shit.

I hope I wake up and it’s gone, but that’s probably not really going to happen.

Groundhog Day

That damn rodent just pissed off a lot of people today, myself included.

He saw his shadow, and what that means is that we can all expect to have to put up with at least another six more weeks of this fregging winter.

With this winter being as nasty as it has been, this news is not a welcomed one.

A groan arose from a large crowd gathered in Wiarton, Ont., to hear Wiarton Willie’s prediction when the furry forecaster made it known there would be six more weeks of winter.

 

It was clearly not the answer the crowd of about 200 people, some wearing groundhog noses or carrying signs pledging love for Willie, wanted to hear. There were a few cheers at the prospect of a long winter, but most people looked disappointed – and cold – and then shuffled off to work on a Monday morning.

via Yahoo News

It’s the start of Feburary, and it usually ends up being one of the worst months of teh witer season too. If you thought the past few weeks were cold, I’m banking that the next few will be just as bad or worse. I can remember awhile back when we were to expect a prolonged winter and Feburary was a bitch of a month. It was super cold and full of blizzard like weather.

Six more weeks of this shit? I don’t wanna! 

Yup. I’m one sick puppy at the moment. I felt like garbage all day long and I found it very hard to focus on learning my programs that I am going to be working with.

I used up about a dozen throat lozenges, a roll of TP for blowing my nose, and spent the last of my cash on some sinus pills.

I was so goof balled up on cold meds that I couldn’t follow anything. The fever and raging-want to just curl up in a corner and sleep were pretty much the only thing on my mind.

Speaking of cold meds. What is it with cold meds for daytime relief that they mostly all treat Congested Sinuses when I usually have a runny-snot faucet-type nose in the daytime, and the nighttime relief cold meds treat runny noses, while at night I’m congested? WTF???

Here’s a little tip for those who might not be aware of it, but if you use up a lot of throat lozenges, more than you should, you will end up with a bad case of the jet shits.

Speaking of Jet Shits, why is it that you never know if you are REALLY finished? You feel done, but end up going back a few minutes later as if you never went at all. LOL

TMI, I know.

OH, and holy snapping arseholes! It was freaking cold outside today! The wind blew right through you and froze you on it’s way through too.

I guess it’s time to go roll myself up in blankets and watch TV for the rest of the evening. Shove some Kleenex up my nose and call it a night.