Sick

Many of you may think I am slacking. You might think I don't want to blog anymore...but I do! I really do. I find it funny that after my blog on March 27 saying I was sad to see blogs die I have posted less often. I know that if you have read my posts since then you can see that I have been really busy or out of town or sick. And of all those things sickness reigns supreme. Through all of what I have done in the past month I have been sick. I'm not sure what is wrong with me. I started feeling bad on Thursday, March 29. It has been a month, and I still feel sick. I am tired of this, but most of all I want to know what is wrong with me. I am used to getting a cold that might turn into something more about once a year. I either get over it after several days or take an antibiotic once it turns into a sinus infection or whatever else and then it is done. This year seems to be different. I got a cold. It lasted about a week then it seemed to be going away. I felt better for a couple of days. Then I started to get another one. What?!? It seriously seemed to start all over again. The second time I only felt like I was getting a cold for a day, but the next day I had a headache. Then a day of normal. Then a day with stomach issues. Another day of normal...maybe two. And then something else. Last week I was making chicken and dumplings for dinner. By the time I made the dough and was about to roll it out I felt really weak. I could barely use the rolling pin. I took my temperature after I finally finished dinner and it was 100. Not too bad, but enough that I felt it and went to bed early. The next day I was fine. And on and on. On Monday I had a terrible headache that made me sick to my stomach. Yesterday my throat started to hurt, and I'm pretty sure that I have a fever as I type this. This can't be good. I looked up the symptoms for mono, because this has lasted so long. I think I am too old for mono. I have been really busy so maybe I just haven't had time to get well. And it doesn't look like things are going to slow down. Tomorrow morning at 4:30am I leave for the airport. My plane to Istanbul leaves at 6am. I will be hanging around Istanbul until a bus taking me to a ladies retreat leaves at 2pm. These ladies retreats are usually a refreshing and relaxing time, but I am not really looking forward to it. What I really want to do is stay home and lie in bed all weekend. But, we already have the plane tickets, and my place is reserved so I may go to the hotel and lie in bed there all weekend. At least I won't have kids needing me to do stuff there. I arrive back on Sunday night. Monday is a free day. Tuesday I am supposed to sub in the 1st grade then dinner with friends that night. Wednesday I am going to the zoo with the third grade and then have plans that night as well. So much for slowing down! Maybe I can start getting well next Thursday.