Week Three: Tracking a Cold

Last week, I was quite unwell. I’ve been thinking about it,

Day Negative One

Day One

6.00am – wake up with a sore throat. It’s right in that little dip of my neck. It’s an inconvenience and I know it could mean getting a bit sick… but nothing yet
6.00-10.00am – lethargy. Not atypical for the morning. Sore throat isn’t much better – nor helped by getting an iced latte, which was an idiot move. Back to bed
11.30am – feeling better, but wary. Head to Coles and stock up on vitamin C: a juice, a whole thing of blackberries, two nectarines
12.30pm – Throat is sore, and not appreciating the sensation of food travelling through. Weird metallic taste in my mouth, like childhood tonsillitis. This does not bode well
??? – fall asleep trying to watch movie for cinema class. Why did I watch it in bed?
1.40pm – wake up, disoriented and gross. Film isn’t over but it’s time to gI’ve up. Very lethargic, shoulders sore
3.30pm – pass out under the air conditioner
6.00pm – wake up to dog barking at passerby. Fair enough. Feeling extremely dehydrated, threat sore, sniffly and sneezy, shoulders aching. Dose up on psuedoephodrine (can’t spell that)
6.30pm – feeling fantastic
8.00pm – sleep. Comes easily. Lots of Vicks Vaporub

Day Two

10.30am – wake up to dog barking to be let out. Fair enough. Discover I’ve left the air con on all night. Terrible disaster.
10.32am – remember I’m sick. Feel better than last night
11.00am – Am I actually getting better? Spend day meandering round the house, getting bits off assignment done
1.30pm approx – sneeze into dough I’m making. It’s gross. Maybe not as well as I’d hoped
4.00pm – definitely not.
8.40pm – decide to make it an early night again. Actually fall asleep around this time, which must mean I’m pretty bad since I went to sleep so early the night before

Day Three

10.00am – wake up. Download that phone game where you match the dots to make them disappear. It’s actually pretty good. I really like the music
11.00am – actually get out of bed.
11.30am-3.00pm: mess around with finishing touches for assignment. Turns out found footage is really laborious. Who knew? (Everybody knew.)
3.00pm – you know what I deserve? An episode of Downton Abbey
7.00pm – Downton‘s such a great show
7.15pm – notice that I don’t actually feel that bad any more. The wellness crept up on me. Eat and actually enjoy dinner, and I’m glad because it’s sushi from that nice place down the road
11.45pm – submit assignment. The upload is not fast.
11.46pm – shit, did I forget to put a title in?
1.00pm – bed, bed, bed

Day Four

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