I skipped the walk this morning. Between having to get up early so I could start work early and feeling very much under the weather, I decided that I could skip the morning’s walk. I also gave myself an extra twenty minutes in bed since I wouldn’t be spending that time walking.
It’s a lot colder to get in the shower when I haven’t had my morning walk. And I had a weird thing happen in the shower. Just as I was about done, the water just stopped. It didn’t get cold, it just … ran out. And I was freaked out, because I thought maybe something was wrong with my pump, that it had frozen or broken or something. I got out of the shower and tried the sink, and I had water flowing there so I relaxed about it. And I was able to get water to come out in the tub a few minutes later. I’m putting it down to Ambrose. He’s totally haunting my house, and wanted me to get out of the shower instead of lingering.
I got through a very full work day. I got a lot accomplished, with the help of cold medicine and an espresso this morning. I was so glad to be working from home, since this cold seems to have a significant gastrointestinal component. My body has been expressing the kind of smells that Ambrose would called “nose hair singeing.” It’s a blessing to everyone I work with that they had no chance to smell it.
I did my Head and Neck level 2 exercises. Even though I was feeling ill, the exercises felt good. Nice and slow, with breathing. I walked to the mailbox at lunch and again after work. I wanted to get outside, even though it was cold, and, after work, snowing. I used the traction devices on that one. I haven’t decided if I’m going to walk in the morning or not tomorrow. I’ll see how I feel. I should probably test my shower before I go, because I usually get sweaty on that morning walk, and if I can’t shower that would not be fun.
I had a nice zoom with my parents this evening. My brother skipped out. He’s going through some things. I hope he gets through well.
I’ll probably go to bed early again. Try to get through this illness so I can enjoy the weekend. I probably won’t get to call out from work tomorrow. Too much to do. Maybe I’ll have another espresso to help me through.
