Poke #2 day 2

[rebeccmeister]

So, yeah. I felt fine yesterday. Then I slept restlessly last night but got up when the alarm went off at 4:43 to see about rowing practice.

I stood in the dining room for a minute after turning up the heat, and concluded that I felt...off.

So I texted our coach to cancel, then had a brief moment of vertigo somewhat reminiscent of the day when I got diagnosed with mono and collapsed on the floor the second I got home.

I made it back into bed just fine and slept until 7 am when it started to get light outside.

Now I just have a low-grade fever.

I'm grateful/relieved that it's Thursday, which means I can work from home today. If I had to I would steel myself to bike in to campus, but it's just as well to not add to the stresses and strains.

Also, today I turn 40 years old. I can't quite make sense of that number, but there you have it! I will celebrate this evening by running a rowing board meeting, just like last year, heh.

At least unlike last year it won't be a FULL day of teaching labs and then a board meeting.

I'm going to give myself a pass if I don't get much work done today.

Comments

[altamira16]

Happy birthday!

[rebeccmeister]

Thank you! A low-key day for birthday celebrations.

[cmcmck]

Hippo birdie two ewes!

You're quite the young thing then. :o)

[rebeccmeister]

Thank you!

This morning I wound up texting back and forth with one of my rowing teammates from Arizona. She and I rowed together from around 2005 up until 2011. She's 20 years older than me so we joke a lot about our ages. It's amazing to me to be approaching the age that she was when we first started rowing together.

[graydon]

May happy returns of the day!

[rebeccmeister]

Thank you!

[twoeleven]

Happy birthday, youngster! :)

[rebeccmeister]

Thank you!

[mallorys_camera]

Happy birthday! And isn't it nice to know your immune system works? 😊

[rebeccmeister]

Thank you!

Y'know, it IS very nice to know my immune system works. It boosts my confidence that this vaccination will stick. I would much rather feel this way for a day or whatever and know exactly why I feel this way vs. having that General Sense of Malaise where I don't know if it's allergies, a nasty head cold, the flu, or It. I hate that General Sense of Malaise.

[bluepapercup]

Happy Birthday!!! I'll be 40 in June - when I finally get my ass to Albany again we need to have a birthday celebration. Perhaps as soon as the snow is gone. :)

Glad you're having a good strong immune reaction, but a bummer that it's feeling so crummy to go through. Hugs and a wish for a quick resolution!

[rebeccmeister]

Yay!

I am careening into the Spring Semester now, ieeee! As with the fall, our spring semester schedule is compressed, with almost zero breaks. Just 2 days in total. I'm starting to get nervous. So I won't be able to promise too much but of course I would still love to see you and celebrate.

As mentioned above, at least in this case there's a clear cause for the crummy feelings. A lot easier to bear than any and all situations where the cause is unknown. So I can't complain too much. :^)

[bluepapercup]

Then we will party at the end of the semester. ☺️

[thisnewday]

Happy Birthday and, yes, you're surely deserving of a pass!

[ivy]

Happy late birthday!

[myka]

happy belated birthday!