I'm wearing a mask in my own home :D
Um, I'm sick. It's okay. An annoying but mild cough with scratchy throat started 2 days ago, and got aggressive and consistent all of yesterday. And here we are today! What's interesting though is... when checking my instagram around this time last year, there's a picture of me with a mask on the 14th of this month. It was the day I was sent home early, just in time before taking a massive blow from the flu. I remember what that fucker felt like when it was coming on. It went after my throat first. Which is what I'm feeling right now.
What is bizarre though is that I haven't left my house almost this whole time. I went to pick up my take out last week. And been in here ever since. What could be the culprit however.... is lack of hydration. I like to think that I'm decent with it, but.. I sleep with a space heater. It's coded in my genome to sleep like a warm little chicken all cuddled up and toasty. The problem with that is; no humidifier. So I had been waking up with a sore, scratchy throat in the mornings from most likely, dehydration.
After impulse buying a cute LED humidifier last night, I grabbed all my left over medicines (from last year's visit to the doctor) and have them all now at my arsenal. I don't like taking medicine, but if it is the flu, I'm not gonna go down without a fight lol.
My breathing is fine. My body temp went up a liiiiiittle bit since yesterday. But no fever. I'm monitoring everything just fine. But man! The timing is impressive lol. Almost 15 days apart from last year.
If it is COVID-19, I know what steps to take. But for the moment, I'm monitoring how my body reacts to this bug.
PICTURES :D
I'M SO PROUD OF THIS.
Amid my annoying coughing yesterday, it only took me the whole day to make my Hellraiser Kotobukiya figure's outfit in Animal Crossing. IT'S SO CUTE. And she's so cute. And everything is cute. And I'm so proud of this because the custom design thing is hard for me lol. I still have a ton of improving to do, but this came out better than I expected.
The biggest challenge with these is like... knowing how to even start. Or where to start. Her dress is so crazy detailed. But I did my best lol.
Ultimately though, I had to change the skin color on the dress because my character unfortunately isn't that lovely shade of ghastly periwinkle.
And then the pins on the face were the last touch. I'm.... still not 100% happy with how those came out, I think I can soften it up more. But for now, it's fine. SO CYOO.
I tried watching an anime, but got distracted. So I've been binge watching the Brady Bunch (in the background) while playing either Animal Crossing or Dark Souls 3. And when I can pull myself away long enough, manga keeps me company.
Ah yes, anime tiddies. Ironically, I read that manga (Monster Musume) and the anime is bleh compared to the manga. But.. that's pretty much like, with everything book related. I'm still butthurt over how Netflix did Ghost Bride dirty. The book was beautiful, spooky, and had really awesome characters with fascinating arcs rich with Eastern culture regarding the dead, and Netflix just.... shat on it. I'm never getting over it.
The cast is good though.
ANYWAY, THIS IS MY ARTILLERY.
I am going to drink everything ever, even if it means I have to pee every 5 minutes. Those... that's ibuprofin, amoxicillin, and codeine. None of which I like to fuck with, unless shit gets real. Shit hasn't gotten real YET, but I'm prepared. We got water, tea, spicy seafood neoguri noodles.... the essentials to fight this bitch. Guys the flu sucks lol. If it does hit me again like it did last year, I'm gonna be so sad lol. It hung out for 2 weeks. The good news though, if it is that... I can order delivery! I've been controlling myself and only eating what I have here. But... we're gonna go with last years tradition of eating delivery and staying in my room. Which isn't' that different from this year. Except... for.. delivery.....................
YEAH. So that's where we're at.
I'm gonna try to document it if it escalates. My confidence in this is pretty sturdy, I think I got a good handle on it, and I'm not panicking or anything. Even if I was, it would accomplish nothing except put my body under further stress. So, I'm fine. Gonna take it ...easy...... whatever that means... considering... yeah. I'M CHANGING NOTHING, BASICALLY, AND WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
Note: don't forget that allergies and the flu are still chillin around this time of year. If you feel like you're getting a bug, the last thing that your body needs is to stress from panic. Assess your symptoms, hydrate, and listen to your body. Right now, mine is telling me that my throat is pissed, and my body might get warmer to fight whatever bug is chillin in there. So I'm gonna handle that.
I hope everyone's doing alright and remains safe. It's a dumb time in our existence on this planet, but we just gotta work as a unit to overcome it. Or don't. If not, most kindly and severely go fuck yourself.
I say that for my cousin, who is a nurse. And my aunt, who lives in Italy. :)
STAY SAFE PEEPS