What a sick weekend!

It’s not Sunday yet, nor Monday, at least where I live. But I already know how I will spend my day tomorrow – sick in bed. In the night from Thursday to Friday, I suddenly had incredibly swollen tonsils. I get that from time to time. I looked it up once, and the tonsils are a defense mechanism that filters bacteria and virus. But when it gets too much, they get inflamed. So, to be honest, it’s not that bad to have a tonsil infection – better than most other virus infections.

But, and that’s annoying – I always get high fever and a monumental headache. I spent all day in bed yesterday, not capable of doing anything. Besides bringing my daughter out of the door so she would be taken to school by another parent.

That was actually very pleasant. Lily is staying with a friend the whole weekend. I wrote through the school chat, and was immediately offered a ride for her. And only 2 minutes later, one of her friend’s mothers offered to take her in for the afternoon and the evening. That family is from Germany, too, and we have a lot of things in common regarding upbringing, so I feel very comfortable with that.

I did something else different as well, which I think is the reason why I can write now. I did not put on any screens, but listened to an audiobook on German history all day. From Chapter 100 to 192. Yeah, they started at the roman empire, with the tribes inhabiting what now is Germany. It’s incredibly well written and narrated, and since there was no flickering, I drowsed away quite a few times. I think that helped my recovery.

I also figured out that Ibuprofen makes me sweat a lot. Like really a lot. I took one in the evening so I could sleep, and woke up drenched. And I didn’t want to get up and change because I had the shivers so badly that even transpiring like that and 5 thick blankets didn’t take that feeling away. Eventually, I did, and it was a disaster. My whole body was shaking, I was barely able to fill my water bottle, nor stand straight. I even revived my old pjs, the one that is almost completely torn apart, because it was all I could think of. I have put aside better options for now. I will only take paracetamol tonight.

I’m feeling better, but tomorrow will probably be the same. I fell well enough to alter between flickering and audiobook now.

So far, so good. How’s your weekend going?