But, the kicker is, I guess I was never not sick. How fantastic is that? I'm officially allergic to Australia.
I started to feel kind of gross on Monday but chalked it up to a long weekend after Halloween and the fact that my knee had blown again (that's another story...). I slapped on my knee brace and powered through it, rationalizing that with the changing seasons and old dorm room my allergies were haywire to begin with. I'm pretty good at ignoring things - my knee, my sinuses, etc. Tuesday was the Melbourne Cup - The Race That Stops the Nation - and man, did it ever! Work consisted of actual projects until 1pm and then we all retired to the conference room to eat a beautiful catered lunch and drink champagne while watching the race coverage. Did I mention the race didn't start until 3pm? No? Yeah, two hours of this for a three minute horse race.
But it was incredibly fun! A great way to build camaraderie and get to know your coworkers. I won $33 in the BUSC sweeps when my horse Crime Scene placed. It was a lot of fun! Plus, at 3:30pm my boss came up to me and said, "You know, Meggie? Nobody is going to do anymore work today, go on home and enjoy your evening." Sweet, thanks! So I got to wear my pretty flowered hair piece and go home early, score! But Tuesday night I could feel the sickness coming on, so I went to bed early, hoping that sleep and a firm commitment to health (aka, mind over matter...) would miraculously heal me. It did not.Wednesday morning I woke up and could barely breathe my sinuses were so stuffed up, it was awful. I decided to head to work and power through, getting there early enough to finish my two projects by 11am. When I went over to my boss to tell her I was done she immediately said, "Babe, you're sick, I appreciate you coming in and finishing your work, but go home. Do you need any DVDs?" God, I have the best job in the entire world. So, home I went. I curled up into bed and watched some TV then took a solid three hour nap. I woke up just in time to meet Jennifer Newman, our aboriginal studies professor who's helping me with my religion independent study. We had a great meeting and I'm excited to continue with my project, but by the time I got home around 7:30pm I felt like I'd been hit by a truck. I was back to the mouth breathing and wheezing. Thankfully, Megan wasn't feeling great either so we banded together and agreed to stay home from work and head to the doctor together, I don't do the doctor alone. So this morning I slept in, which was beautiful, then woke up and headed over to the physician again. I got right in and the doctor proceeded to poke and prod me for awhile, coming to the startling conclusion that I still had a sinus infection (poking my cheeks and yelping in pain was probably the giveaway). Still being the imperative - it never went away. He said for the past eight weeks, since I started feeling nasty, the bacteria have been throwing a little party up in there and now it's spread to my orbital sinuses and ears. Beautiful. So I'm on a two week cycle of antibiotics to hopefully clear it up once and for all. But for now, I'm stuck in bed watching Dexter and True Blood. No class tonight and no work tomorrow, no going out for two weeks (no drinking on antibiotics), and taking it easy for at least ten days. Well, looks like I have no excuse not to get my papers done this weekend....
34 days until I'm home! As much as I love it here and am pretty much actively planning on coming back for a period of time, I'm really looking forward to stepping off that plane and seeing Mom and going home to my wonderful kitties. Not to mention everybody that comes with them! I'm excited for Los Angeles next semester, too. It's just one good thing leading to another - hopefully once I get rid of this sinus infection!
I'm off to bed to watch a couple more Dexter episodes. Tomorrow - paper writing and more Dexter!
G'night from Down Under!
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