Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

Sunday September 7, 2008

So this is day four of being sick and it’s getting kind of old. I’ve been waking up in the morning with a fever ranging from 101 – 102 and then it will fluctuate throughout the day but not go below 99. Paid $40 to go to a doctor on Friday; he said there is fluid behind the ear drum – yup, figured that, and he gave me a prescription for amoxicillin, which I filled yesterday.

Despite the fever I went with Dan up to Sydney to do some shopping. We went to a mall, where I filled the prescription at the Chemist (pharmacy). We also went to an outdoor store as well as an op shop (thrift store). Here we both found bed-side tables (night stands). I got one for $10. It is old and dirty and falling apart but it has potential and the price was right :-P Figure I’ll clean it off and give it a nice coat of purple paint.

I’ve managed to get all of my clothes into the wardrobe, after buying three 10 packs of hangers. But my floor is still covered with all my miscellaneous items which will go into the bed-side table when it is done.

Saturday was totally rainy and really gross for shopping, especially since I was sick. Carried my Gatorade and water around with me all day – I’ve been drinking TONS of liquids, especially Gatorade, so as to avoid getting dehydrated as I tend to get when I have a fever.

Today is Father’s Day here. Again, woke up with 102*F fever. Took it easy this morning; finished unpacking my clothes, folding my laundry, and cleaned the huge pile of dishes covering our counter. I am really going to appreciate a dish washer after these nine months. I guess I did have to do dishes senior year but we weren’t usually cooking full meals there so we weren’t generating quite as much dishes.

A little after lunch Dan came over and I ended up going on a run with him and Phil; probably not the best idea. Luckily it was a short run but I was still feeling pretty tired. Ran down to the jetty / dock thing on the river – pretty neat.

Went to church with Phil, Dan, and Mel, one of my housemates. We went to All Saints Anglican church so that was interesting. They had good music but the sermon was a bit random I guess you could say. Although it’s really not fair to judge a church by one sermon :-P Last week I went with Julie to Nowra Baptist Church. Their music was okay, sermon was pretty good and everyone was very friendly. The service was in kind of a big room though – didn’t feel too much like church – not that the room should really matter. Yup. So still trying them all out!