Holy crap on a cracker this was not a good week. After having such an incredible week last week with the indoor triathlon, it was a complete plummet to rock bottom this week. I dont know which exercise gods i pissed off, or bad karma i incurred or why my immune system decided to take a leave of absence without notice but i got nailed with the flu big time this week. I planned to take Monday off this week to give my knees a break from doing the indoor on Sunday and woke up Tuesday and my whole body felt like it was floating. Tuesday was a crazy busy day that was going to go full on from like 8am to 8pm that night so there was no time to really think about being sick. I am pretty sure that i had a fever most of the day as i only have recall of bits and pieces of the day. Needless to say, I did not make it to the gym on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday, well, i dont remember these days specifically, but I had some pretty crazy dreams, drank as much water as i could, and probably hacked, sneezed and blew out enough snot to sculpt a life size replica of 'Slimer' from the Ghostbusters. Gross, yes, I know.
No gym either of these days.
Good Friday. Well, good in that this was the day my fever finally broke, but the rivers of snot and deep hacking coughs persisted which has but my back into spasm multiple times over the last few days. So yay me. Still no gym.
Saturday, when i woke up, i felt the best i had felt all week. I got a shower and felt a lot better. Usually Saturday morning is the time i do the weekly grocery purchase, typically on my own, but i was a little light headed from the lack of food, so my lovely wife came along to take on the driving duties to and from. Typically i am a flyer hawker, reviewing all products from the various grocery outlets to find the best deals, i knew i only had one stop in me, so i picked Sobeys and away we went.
I have a good nose. I am like a bloodhound, if i ever lost my eyesight i would be SmellDevil. So even with 10 pounds of snot clogging up olfactory senses i could smell this obnoxious smell in sobeys. I cant exactly pinpoint what the smell was, but there was a strange strong smell like fresh cardboard boxes being rubbed with condom spermicide - it was a weird smell.
Being lightheaded from the flu and this smell was not a good combo. We started moving down the rows fairly quickly, i was grabbing at random things and throwing them in the cart. This smell would not let up.
We finished, paid and got the hell out of there. At the check out i almost lost what little was in my stomach, but luckily didnt.
We got the car packed up and headed home.
Lucky for me that smell was stuck in my nose.
I am not sure if the smell adhered to my snot, or if my brain just wouldnt let the smell go because it was so strange, but all i could smell the rest of the day was that smell.
Even now, a day later, I can still faintly smell it. So gross.
Also, no gym Saturday, and most likely there will be no gym today as i am still not 100% and still filled to the brim with snot.
So, yup, this has pretty much been the worst week that i have had, and the worst i have been sick since i really cant remember when.
On the upside though, i do have a bunch of popsicles and hopefully the sun that is out today will melt some of the snow.
I am hoping to get back at training on Monday, and maybe this week off was a break that maybe my knees needed.
This does of course mean that there will also be no #cigarSunday which i am a little sad about, and of course it is a beautiful day, which is like a lost opportunity, but i couldnt deeply inhale anything without coughing up big chunks of gross things, so it may be for the best today.
Hopefully you all had a better week then I did, Happy Easter, and now its time for some duck calling and a popsicle.
Sean"BigBoyRunning" Ryan
Wednesday and Thursday, well, i dont remember these days specifically, but I had some pretty crazy dreams, drank as much water as i could, and probably hacked, sneezed and blew out enough snot to sculpt a life size replica of 'Slimer' from the Ghostbusters. Gross, yes, I know.
No gym either of these days.
Good Friday. Well, good in that this was the day my fever finally broke, but the rivers of snot and deep hacking coughs persisted which has but my back into spasm multiple times over the last few days. So yay me. Still no gym.
Saturday, when i woke up, i felt the best i had felt all week. I got a shower and felt a lot better. Usually Saturday morning is the time i do the weekly grocery purchase, typically on my own, but i was a little light headed from the lack of food, so my lovely wife came along to take on the driving duties to and from. Typically i am a flyer hawker, reviewing all products from the various grocery outlets to find the best deals, i knew i only had one stop in me, so i picked Sobeys and away we went.
I have a good nose. I am like a bloodhound, if i ever lost my eyesight i would be SmellDevil. So even with 10 pounds of snot clogging up olfactory senses i could smell this obnoxious smell in sobeys. I cant exactly pinpoint what the smell was, but there was a strange strong smell like fresh cardboard boxes being rubbed with condom spermicide - it was a weird smell.
Being lightheaded from the flu and this smell was not a good combo. We started moving down the rows fairly quickly, i was grabbing at random things and throwing them in the cart. This smell would not let up.
We finished, paid and got the hell out of there. At the check out i almost lost what little was in my stomach, but luckily didnt.
We got the car packed up and headed home.
Lucky for me that smell was stuck in my nose.
I am not sure if the smell adhered to my snot, or if my brain just wouldnt let the smell go because it was so strange, but all i could smell the rest of the day was that smell.
Even now, a day later, I can still faintly smell it. So gross.
Also, no gym Saturday, and most likely there will be no gym today as i am still not 100% and still filled to the brim with snot.
So, yup, this has pretty much been the worst week that i have had, and the worst i have been sick since i really cant remember when.
On the upside though, i do have a bunch of popsicles and hopefully the sun that is out today will melt some of the snow.
I am hoping to get back at training on Monday, and maybe this week off was a break that maybe my knees needed.
This does of course mean that there will also be no #cigarSunday which i am a little sad about, and of course it is a beautiful day, which is like a lost opportunity, but i couldnt deeply inhale anything without coughing up big chunks of gross things, so it may be for the best today.
Hopefully you all had a better week then I did, Happy Easter, and now its time for some duck calling and a popsicle.
Sean"BigBoyRunning" Ryan
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