Wow, I don’t think I ever remember feeling that bad. 

Tuesday night I felt a little achy.  I just figured that my shoulders were a little tight.  I remember making dinner (lamest dinner ever – sauce from a can and spaghetti – no herbs or seasoning or veggies, totally blah) and then I told Jon I needed to lay down.  Lay down from 6-8 got up for about an hour and watched some tv and had Jon rub my shoulders, but it didn’t really seem to help.  I woke up about 5am FREEZING cold!  I had 2 comforters and another blanket on then asked Jon to close the window and put my housecoat on top of the blankets. 

I froze until about 7am when I realized that it hurt to move or think or breathe or anything.  My skin hurt, my hair hurt, my muscles, my bones….everything hurt so bad.  I didn’t ever want to move again. Sometime later that morning (I think – the details of Wednesday are pretty sketchy) I had to pee, but I held off until the need to pee hurt greater than the hurt of moving or being cold or anything.  I crawled out of bed and dealt with things.  I was so cold that I tried to take a shower.  Even that hurt!  I did feel warmer for a little bit though.

Jon came home (from dropping the kids off at school) with some Dayquil and Nyquil.   I took some but it didn’t really seem to make that much different.  Again, I really don’t remember too much about that day. I slept and slept and slept some more.  I woke up and watched ANTM (I’m hooked!  What can I say?) When it was over I rolled over and went back to sleep. 

I slept until 10:30 am the next morning when Jon informed me that he was back from his coffee, and how had J been?

What do you mean how had J been?  Why are you asking me?  I’m sick and in bed.  Haven’t you been watching him?  Well,……… he couldn’t remember actually having the conversation with me, but he thought he’d mentioned that he wanted to go out for coffee with a friend.  WHILE I’M SICK!?!?!?  I WASN’T WATCHING J!?!?!?  YOU BASICALLY LEFT OUR SON ALONE IN THE HOUSE FOR 2.5 HOURS.  YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?

He had to go to work at that point, and I figured that now that I knew that Jeremy was alone without supervision, that I’d better try to be responsible and see to his well being.  Fortunately, we’ve neglected trained our children to the point that they can take care of themselves, and he had no troubles while I was comatose and Jon was out for coffee.  We’re such good parents.

The house was a disaster.  I felt woozy and lifeless, and J needed lunch and his 2 costumes for the play he was involved in at school that day.  I attempted to do what I could and really had no idea what I was doing.  I remember him making a cinnamon toast sandwich for himself with WAY TOO MUCH topping.  I cut him up an orange just so I could say that he had some nutrition – Hey, the sandwich was on whole wheat bread, never mind the half a cup of white sugar in between the slices.  A friend was so sweet and picked him up to drive him to the theatre.  I was still trying to wrap my head around driving to get the kids at 2:30pm from the school. 

I sat around in a funked-out, stupor the rest of the day until Jon called for me to come and get him.  AAhhhh!  A 5 minute drive to where he was with no kids in the car!  This I could handle!  Endanger myself and the other drivers in the world - No problem, but my kids……..NOT A CHANCE!

Jon drove to get the kids and the rest of the afternoon was spent doing who knows what until we all had to leave to see the kids play.   I really wanted to and, at the same time, didn’t want to go.  I really wanted to see them, but I felt so weird!  I felt like I was in my own little world….like a bubble.  The rest of the world was happening and I could see them, but they really had no effect on me or my little world.  I wasn’t really hearing clearly, either. 

The same friend who picked up J tried to get my attention when we were at the theatre and I didn’t clue in and then even when I did, it was like I didn’t know how to respond.  My responses were off or shut down or something.  Very weird!  Almost dream-like!

The kids were cute, more on that later.

When we got home, I laid down again and watched the Thursday line up of Survivor, CSI and ER!  After that I figured that I’d try to sleep ’cause I knew that Jon was away ALL DAY today.  So I’d have to be awake and up enough to handle things on my own. 

I COULDN’T SLEEP! 

Did you hear me?  I couldn’t sleep!  Nope! Not. at. all!  The 36 hours that I had finished at 10:30am that morning were apparently enough.  I was up until after 3am.  And OH! SO! Frustrated! because I knew that I had to be up and at ‘em this morning.  4 kids ready for school, leave the house at 8am, 2 different schools – AAAAARRRRGGGGGHH!

Well, I’ve made it through the day.  It’s almost 7pm and I’m letting the kids stay up and play a little tonight.  Its nice evening here, and they’re not fighting.  Soon as the fighting starts (or the crying) then it’s bedtime.

 I still feel a little off.  Not achey or sore, just a little woozey in my head.Not sure what the deal was.  Thankfully, it seems to be passing fairly quickly, and hopefully I’ll be back to normal very soon.