It is barely midnight but still the next day has arrived. I am amazed at how a couple days ago I was totally healthy and now I can’t sit up for a whole hour! Last thing I recall before THIS nap is writing out what I needed from the store; I was going to attempt to go once it got later. Ha! I would hate to see me in a car! But I need food. I am scrounging now. I have some regular food but my body can’t handle it so I am looking for mild stuff. I want eggs so badly that I am willing to pay the 3.79 a dozen if necessary—but I am too sick to go get them. I haven’t spoke to a single person either and when I am already so weak, that is worse. I have tried to call people to pray for me but I can't reach anyone. I am like a guy when I am sick and that is not good--I need human contact! I need to just SPEAK to someone—even though I can barely speak! I am truly SICK. From the time I went to bed last night at 8:30 until 11:30 tonight—27 hours—I was asleep all but maybe 6-7 hours. That is amazing to me. I wake up, sit at the computer a bit, eat something and go right back to sleep. I don’t even need to use the bathroom much—guess my body needs all it is getting. That is a god thing because I am also on my last roll of toilet paper.

My fever hovered around 101 most of the afternoon. I thought I would enjoy lying around and reading and writing in my journal, but holding a book and getting comfortable is impossible.

So now it is midnight Saturday. I imagine that within an hour or two I will be back asleep—but I am a bit scared… If I don’t wake up healthy enough to pack and go to the store Saturday I am going to be in a bind because Sunday is absolutely the only day we can move my stuff. And I have to go on a 20 minute drive to just get the storage thing—40 minutes round trip. Right now that is NOT going to happen. IS that the most unbelievable thing? That Miss Healthy and Strong can’t drive 20 minutes or sit up for an hour?!

Speaking of which, I am losing steam sitting here—back to the couch in a minute…

I don’t say many bad things about Texas, but the incubation period for the flu is 1-4 days and I got home Tuesday and got sick Thursday. I probably picked it up at the wedding where there were so many people and a buffet and hugs and all that. The flu is a serious outbreak there, not as bad here. But apparently I brought little piece of Texas home!

I can think of happier memories.