Flu

I am home with the flu today. Apparently this year is France's WORST FLU EPIDEMIC EVER!!! Or so the news would have you believe. I don't know, I don't watch the news, but when I called two friends today to tell them what was wrong with me, they both mentioned that this year is the WORST FLU EPIDEMIC EVER!!!

I don't think I have ever had the flu. As a little kid, I was out of school at least twice each winter with strep throat. But otherwise, I never had any problems. In high school, I was never sick, that I can recall. So, this whole flu thing is sorta new to me.

I self-diagnosed, though. Yesterday, I started feeling a little not-so-great in the belly during my Spanish class, but it was just the beginning. Two hours later, back at home, I was shaking uncontrollably and making regular trips to the toilet. I spent the rest of the night trying to sleep, but was regularly interrupted by needing to run to the bathroom. I always find that sort of hard to do when I don't have my glasses on and the house is pitch dark.

This morning, I called in sick to work. I must have sat there trying to decide if the entire sick episode was over or not for at least three hours. Finally, I voted to stay home, and I am SOOOO glad I did. I think I would have had to come home early if I had gone to work today, and that would have been bad news. Honestly, I would not have been able to have ridden on a train for an hour - the nausea would have been overwhelming.

The plumber came this morning and I just about died of pain. It's very hard to have stomach problems when the plumber's tools are strewn all over the only toilet in the house. I spent much of his time here in the fetal position.

But no matter, because we finally have hot water! On tap for tonight: DVD rental (The Boy got it for me), a long hot bath, lots more sleep (I clocked in almost 16 hours last night) and several more trips to the toilet. Oh, the joy.