“I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.”

– Martin Luther (1483-1546), German theologian, reformation leader

Being sick sucks. I feel like I’m sick more than I’m well these days. If there is something going around the office, I’m sure to catch and to keep it longer than most other people. When I get sick, I get really sick. I don’t feel like doing much except sleeping and moving from the bed to the sofa and back to the bed.

This time, I really got it. I got a sinus infection and an ear infection and this is affecting my body in other ways. My defenses are completely down and my skin is breaking out, my eczema is acting up, and I’ve got a cough that won’t allow me to sleep at all.

Whine, whine, whine. Yep. That?s pretty much where I am now. I have to write journal entries to stay on track but I feel like dirt and have for a few days now. Who knows how long this will go on. If I don’t write, I’ll never get caught up.

In one class, we were told to write about anything during our free-write even if that meant that we wrote about not knowing what to write. I rarely have the difficulties of not knowing what to write. Getting motivated, however, is an entirely different thing. When I don’t feel good, I don’t want to even turn on my computer, pick up pen and paper, or think. I don’t want to do anything. I just want to be.

I’ve gotten caught up on every home improvement show that I’ve missed. I am the queen of Trading Spaces and While You Were Out. If I owned a house, I’d probably be on them. I want to steal some of their ideas and incorporate them into my own home.

There aren’t any really good movies on the movie channels during the week. Don’t they understand that we sick people need good movies to get through the day? Instead, I am stuck with movies that I’ve seen a million times or movies that no one even wants to see once.

I’ve managed to avoid Ricki Lake, Jerry Springer, Jenni Jones, and even Oprah. I do get caught up in the Wayne Brady Show, though. He’s too funny not to watch.

I’m going to be missing out on some really great shows when I head back to work. It almost makes me want to stay home longer. Almost. TV is incredibly dull and exhausting after a while.

Maybe I’d rather be at work where soap operas are real and work can take my mind off of anything else.

Whine, whine, whine…