unflattering sick picture

i'm too sexy for this housecoat

i think my drinking transgressions from saturday have really taken their toll, reducing my immune system to a beef consomme that apparently can not fight off this illness.   yesterday around 3pm i started feeling the pings of a sore throat and full ears and a weak cough.  oh no no no.  i am not getting sick.

i made the impulsive and irrational decision to still go to bootcamp last night.   if there were ever a test for my dedication to shaping my body, i passed it with an A+.  and who'da thunk it, but i felt great afterward.  i didn't feel sick anymore.  it's like the exercise boosted my immune system.  i went to bed last night thinking i licked this cold.

there are probably studies i could google that support or dispute my anecdotal findings of the immune health benefits of exercise to stave off an illness, but i loaded up on generic nyquil about 30 minutes ago and now i am fading fast.  just had to talk out loud to try to recall the word 'generic'.  i'm going to pass out from the loving, nurturing warmth of nyquil any minute now.  i am speed typing to try to get this blog up.

i started writing immediately after chugging the fake nyquil and expected to have the full hour.   but i still had one child up wanting to chat.  kids.  we talked about the upcoming senior class weekend trip, his turning in two job applications, and then wim told me he couldn't go on the ffa trip tomorrow because he's behind in his school work and needs to complete his box project in shop tomorrow.   a very responsible decision made by wim.   bummer he'll miss a worthwhile experience like the ffa day trip to the capitol, but he has his priorities in order, long time coming.  he asked to check the school portal for his grades.  eeeek found a C.   thus the mad dash to get the box project done to get that up to a B.  a B average each quarter means we will continue paying his automobile insurance.  dip below and say hello to your new whomping monthly bill, wim.    carrots are the name of the game in our family for our kids, and are what we use to develop independence in our kids when they don't have the inner motivation for it themselves.   so we use a lot of carrots.  

while checking his portal, wim made my delay in writing totally worth it when he said "oh, i didn't do well on the tests, i am going to need to start studying".   oh happy day.  last semester of his senior year and wim and studying start clicking.   just in time for graduation.   better late than never.

bootycamp did not eliminate my illness, i realized today that a delay occurred.  my symptoms came back at 2pm today with a vengeance.   bolstered by yesterday's result, i decided to still go to kick boxing after work.  dream shattered.   needed to lay down at 6pm after supper and rest.   cold coming on like samantha jones to the ups guy.

work beckons and is busy over the next two days, so i have to buck up.   but at the moment, my bed beckons.  my housecoat is so cozy but getting horizontal is where it's at.  my top eye lashes are flitting heavily to my bottom lashes.  it's 10pm.  been a long time since i was asleep this early.  we should make it socially acceptable to drink one capful of nyquil every night.  just one capful.  but then after awhile the one capful wouldn't do the trick and i'd be downing a full bottle by summer. gateway drug and all.