the day my sister brought back the flu i deliberated for an hour whether to show up to work today or just wallow. an hour and 13 minutes later, i croaked into the phone, "i have to call in sick today. ..."

... coz i have the flu, shared by my sister who took a flu shot. and then she got sick. but i determined that today will be victory for me!!! :-D i cut spam and cheese and beat eggs for my omelette. yum! i didn't share.

my sister with the flu putters about the kitchen, emerging with a fancy beef steak dish with corn and green pepper. my blue skies morning darkened into torrential rain - well! aren't we fancy! i swallow vitamin C.

now my head is starting to ache. last night i felt the ascorbic acid conspire with the water i took with it to melt the insides of my stomach.

"burn!" the acid cried, in the warzone that is my stomach filled with virus and friendly antibodies that greet everyone good morning. in the chaos, VitC could no longer tell friend from foe, so he jumped at everything that moved. "make sure you get 'em all!"

in the meantime, i blog. the flu buys me an extra day to do some of the things i said i'd do if i had an extra free day. my extra free day starts right now, and the thousand other things i could do is staring me in the face, little alice-in-wonderlandlike mone raths, more acquiesent than assertive.

imma take a nap.   ¶ 10/11/2004 10:29:00 AM