sick

so now i'm very sick. i have missed my first two days of scheduled work (i worked last saturday as a substitute for another teacher) and i continue to cough with gusto. let me describe my week.

monday - i sleep in short bursts, but i am in bed unconscious or semi-conscious for 20 of 24 hours. i have a fever, i sweat, i'm cold, i feel weak and tired, time moves extremely slowly. i eat nothing but i drink over a gallon of water and a half gallon of juice. and some tea. and some other drinks. i was supposed to work today, but i tell them i can't. in a remarkable case of bad planning, i have no phone number for my work so i walk there. i am covered in sweat when i get there, i get a number, then i have to go home.

tuesday - my fever has gone down, but my cold symptoms are worse. my cough is awful, i go through tissues like mad, i have sinus problems, headache, etc. i'm starting to get a bit lonely stir crazy - i rent some stupid dvd's from a nearby store (challenging) and hope for the best for tomorrow. by the end of the night, i'm coughing up a little bit of blood.

wednesday - i feel a bit better! i've missed 2 days of chinese class, time to get in there. i survive the bus ride, make it to class, and my brain is still not working. it refuses to remember what i learned last week. and my cough is loud and nasty. still, i am a bit better, so i make it through class and go to work afterwards (training only). while there i get very tired and my cough is powerful. a nice woman makes me soup with pork and shitakes and noodles, actually just what i needed. still i can't stay long enough to plan for my class tomorrow. feeling like crap doesn't make it any easier to swallow the fact that my stupid country just re elected our moron president. i'm so ashamed.

thursday - i wake up and have a major coughing fit before i even make it out of bed. thinking i pushed myself too hard yesterday, i decide to skip chinese class. no matter - i still feel like crap right now and i just called in sick for my second day of teaching. which brings me to saturday, when i'm teaching again. i need the money and the experience and this doesn't look good in the first week of the job, but my body is really falling apart right now. i hope this doesn't screw me up here.