Shhhhhh! Don't tell!

But I am actually starting to feel better.
Still coughing, still congested, but not so achy and I don't feel like I'm breathing through a wet washcloth anymore.

I don't want to say that too loud though... I still think the reason I got so sick had a lot to do with the fact that I got a small cold and then felt sort of smug about the fact that it didn't knock me on my ass. Whoops. It had nothing, of course, to do with the thousands of people dropping like flies from this flu. Nothing at all.

So anyway, now that it's starting to subside I don't want to tempt it back. I hate this flu. Hate it. Don't get it. It's not at all fun. One clever friend suggested we all get t-shirts that read, "I Survived The Flu 2008!" You know me and joining stuff - especially if there are t-shirts involved!

I am still really tired, and want desperately to be allowed to go home once again today... but I think I'm stuck here. Bean is still not feeling well... she woke up with an earache and so we called the step mother to see if she had time to take her to the doctor. She does. Thank God. I have taken so much time off from all of my jobs and other various and sundry responsibilities that I feel like I can not ask for more time for anything. (I would, of course, have taken time off to take Bean to the doctor... but the stepmother usually has time for stuff like that). Again, not friends. Co-parents? Sure. Not friends. Friendly? Absolutely. Not friends.

Anyway. Since I am at work I should probably, you know, work for awhile.