I woke up with my throat even more sore than it was last night. I examined it with a headlamp and found it to be red and yellow with inflammation and mucus. I implemented illness protocol, starting the day with hot tea, chicken soup, and a warm salt water gargle.
I also took some pain killers to ease the throat pain, which helped a bit. I spent the day resting. I napped. I drank so much tea, mostly herbal. I did breathing and glute pops for my exercises, both from the floor.
I don’t think I got sick from the travel, because I woke up with that sore throat before I left. But I have no idea how I did get sick. No fever so far, though last night I felt some shivers, that was probably just from the house heating back up after my long absence when I put the temp down low.
Tomorrow is a work day. I hope that I feel better enough to go to the grocery store after work and get some eggs. I want to start having a boiled egg and overnight oats for my regular breakfast, but that means I need to get some eggs. For tomorrow morning I’ll do one of the breakfast sandwiches. Or chicken soup if my throat is still in bad shape.
I just hope I don’t lose my voice tomorrow. I’ve been trying to rest my voice today. I tend to talk to myself, especially when I’m trying to get things done and take care of myself and I had to keep reminding myself to rest the voice. I did accomplish one thing that was on the calendar – I ran the washing machine cleaning cycle.
Now I’m going to take a hot shower before bed and let the steam soothe my throat. I’ve got my wake up alarm set for 7 so I’ll be able to get extra sleep overnight if my throat will allow it. My Kula Cloth package arrived in the mail my neighbors picked up for me. I was napping when they brought it over, so they texted me to let me know to check the back door. My free gift was a black garlic ramen bowl from Poe & Co Folk Foods. I’m looking forward to trying it this summer.
I’ve been thinking about Ambrose a lot. I asked him what I should put on the TV a few times. But I’ve been too tired to cry very much. I hope I see him in my dreams tonight even if I don’t remember.
