Most of the rest of the symptoms are now gone, two days after the main draught of sickness is gone. But I am left with a huge, yawning fatigue.

I can do simple things, like get myself a meal reheated or a sandwich made, or put the case back on a couch cushion after washing it. I can write a post, or play part of a video game level. The effort here isn’t just physical effort, but possibly emotional (though I haven’t had to suppress any strong urges), but definitely includes thinking effort.

But then I need to sit and rest. Sometimes for an hour or more.

It’s galling.

We went to southern California to visit H’s Mom and husband, and to see the lay of the land.

It was a good trip, I thought. I did get an extra bonus plague for a homecoming gift, though. I only managed to make it into work 1 day this week (Wednesday). Thankfully I didn’t have the flu that made me throw up a lot, but I did get every other symptom I can think of.

Today I finally am able to drag myself up to a sitting position for more than 5 minutes, but I’m still home, and I still need to reschedule an appointment with a realtor for this weekend, because even though H doesn’t have it as bad, she does have it.

We are subsisting on lots of sleep and chicken soup (H made it before she fell ill too). And EmergenC and ginger ale. Thankfully, my appetite has been pretty much nil, so I haven’t really missed variety.

Hopefully we’ll be up and at ‘em again by Monday.

It’s been pretty bad, but the end is in sight.