I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired. There, I said it. Or wrote it. Whatever. The statement still applies. I’ve been sick far too much this week, and it’s annoying. I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!
Feeling Sick and Tired
Where to begin? The snot and the congestion make it hard to think, my nose throbs as the pulsing pressure from within combines with the unmitigated irritation of skin that has to endure the endless tradeoff between acidic phlegm and such a vast quantity of tissues that even the softest begin to scratch like sandpaper. Additionally, my bones ache, my exhaustion never ends, and my body’s so temperature-confused it figures that freezing and sweating must go together. I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!
As you might guess, it’s incredibly annoying to be so incapacitated and miserable that about the only things that happen are eating, sleeping, blowing an uncountable number of tissues, tutoring, and time with my adorable, snotty kids. Daddy loves you. If only you hadn’t gotten him sick. They are cute, and my wife is an angel. I need to remind myself of this while waking up for the millionth time in the freezing cold of the middle of the night to help with crying, screaming, irrational munchkins, which probably doesn’t help me to get well any faster. Do you get the feeling that I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired?
It probably wouldn’t be quite as aggravating if I didn’t get sick on an annoyingly regular schedule. Every 3 – 6 months and bam! It’s time to be miserable in bed for a few days. I am grateful medical technology and general hygiene have improved to that point where this is merely a nuisance. In the Middle Ages I’d already be dead. Note to self: give my fantasy people good medical tech. They need all the help they can get!
I Miss Writing
This is a long, rambling way of saying that I’m just a wee bit disappointed that sickness murdered my writing. It’s especially annoying since I’m just weeks away from both completing and polishing the second draft of FrostFire!
FrostFire is my Young Adult novel where a comic book nerd learns that he has some of the very superpowers that the government has been trying so hard to convince everyone don’t exist. After trying (and failing) to be a classic crime-fighting superhero, Thomas lands himself right in the crosshairs of a real-life supervillain whose master plan is already in motion.
Consolation Prizes
At least I got the consolation prize of a few new interesting ideas for future stories and further development of other story ideas. Still, I’ve got so many ideas already! What I need is the time and health to actually write them all! I’m practically chomping at the bit to get back to putting the work in! I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!
About the only other use for being sick in bed is the fact that you can listen to some of the best audiobooks on Libby, but even that is a double-edged sword. I know I’ll recover quicker if I’m unconscious, but as much as I love audiobooks I can’t sleep while listening. Even so, the desire to keep listening when I should be sleeping is a riptide slowly dragging me out to sea.
At least I’m finally feeling almost completely healthy again. Although I’m almost healthy, I’m going to try to mostly act like usual while dressed for weather a good twenty degrees colder than it actually is, because, once again, I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired and I don’t want to lose the bit of health I’ve fought so hard to gain!
Have a great week, and just keep writing!
Timothy Kuhn
P.S. Click on all the self-referential links to give your browser a taste of an infinitesimal part of my level of congestion this week! But if you do, please be kind to the poor machine and give it the rest it needs.