One three-and-a-half-hour long nap. I woke up about 7:30 p.m. and was totally disoriented. I thought, for a moment, that it was 7:30 a.m. It was very freaky. I would make an awesome junkie — two Benadryls are all I need to totally flip out. Sigh.

I called my parents today and my dad answered. I told him about the penicillin thing, and he said, “Well, I’m not surprised. I’m allergic to penicillin.” WTF? Am I Mini Dad? I’m not really sure what his point was, as he didn’t develop an allergy until he was over 40. Then he pointed out that his brother — his IDENTICAL TWIN brother — also is allergic. Okay, that’s WAY less surprising than me having an allergy too. So I gave up on that conversation and called my mom, who was at work at my cousin’s store. I told my mom that I think stress is playing a part in this (more on that later) and she asked if I wanted to stay with them for a few weeks to recuperate.

Oh. My. God.

How would this diminish my stress? Taking two weeks off of work at my busiest time, driving the cats 5 hours (or worse, boarding them and worrying about them for two weeks), and spending my time at a house where I don’t even have a bedroom!!! Ummm no thanks. It was a nice offer though. I guess.

Ok. About the stress. I rarely get sick, but when it’s spectacular like this, stress usually is behind it. In late January-early February, I had an epic sinus infection but that followed a period of intense personal and professional stress, coupled with not eating due to the stress. Now, I’m not so sure. Work must be affecting me more than I thought. My personal life is alright, except for all of the ex-husband shit as of late. Hmm. That probably has something to do with it. There’s a reason why I can’t recover from this, why my body is reacting so strongly …

∗ Posted by Monique on 08.24.2006
∗ Annoyances, My life