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But I don't wanna get out of bed today
Jul. 1st, 2014 10:13 amYesterday was a very long travel day, made longer by the fact that I got really ill on the 5.5-hour flight home. I've had mild cold symptoms for a few days, but I was feeling fine, really, until we boarded the plane. I think it was about 130 degrees on there, and we were on the plane and on the ground for about an hour before we took off and I felt any sort of relief, temperaturewise. But I think that hour of cooking really fucked me up, because I got more and more nauseated as the flight went on.
I never did throw up, but I made several OH GOD I THINK THIS IS THE ONE trips back to the lav. A sweet flight attendant noticed I was looking pale and got me a cold, wet cloth for my forehead, some ginger ale, and dug through her personal stash for some ginger candies that she said would help settle my stomach. The candies were truly disgusting, but they totally helped, and I was so grateful to her. She came by my seat to check on me several times throughout the flight. Even though I'm a seasoned traveler, it was nice to have a mom-figure looking out for me in this particular situation. It was a very long six hours.
When I landed, I had a message from my friend Lorie that she was picking up her niece about the same time and would give me a ride home from the airport. It was a huge relief not to have to take the 90-minute transit ride home feeling like I did, and getting some fresh PNW air went a long way toward feeling better. I'm still feeling icky today, but not at all nauseated, so I'll count my blessings and call it good enough. I'm glad I have today as a buffer day between travel and work -- I was going to go to the Windermere sales meeting this morning, but slept through it. That's okay. I needed that sleep.
I did do the final day of the 30 day ab challenge when I got home last night. I completed the whole thing, without missing a day. I feel awesome about that. The Facebook group has a new challenge up for this month, so I'm in. It's a more total-body thing this time. I weighed on my WW scale this morning, and maybe it's just because I was sick and didn't eat much yesterday, but I did still manage to lose weight last week. I'm glad to be back home, though, where I have more control over what I'm going to eat and how I'm going to exercise. Trying to decide now if I'll do a gym class tonight, or just go for a long run since I'm doing a 10K on Sunday for which I have not really trained at all...
I never did throw up, but I made several OH GOD I THINK THIS IS THE ONE trips back to the lav. A sweet flight attendant noticed I was looking pale and got me a cold, wet cloth for my forehead, some ginger ale, and dug through her personal stash for some ginger candies that she said would help settle my stomach. The candies were truly disgusting, but they totally helped, and I was so grateful to her. She came by my seat to check on me several times throughout the flight. Even though I'm a seasoned traveler, it was nice to have a mom-figure looking out for me in this particular situation. It was a very long six hours.
When I landed, I had a message from my friend Lorie that she was picking up her niece about the same time and would give me a ride home from the airport. It was a huge relief not to have to take the 90-minute transit ride home feeling like I did, and getting some fresh PNW air went a long way toward feeling better. I'm still feeling icky today, but not at all nauseated, so I'll count my blessings and call it good enough. I'm glad I have today as a buffer day between travel and work -- I was going to go to the Windermere sales meeting this morning, but slept through it. That's okay. I needed that sleep.
I did do the final day of the 30 day ab challenge when I got home last night. I completed the whole thing, without missing a day. I feel awesome about that. The Facebook group has a new challenge up for this month, so I'm in. It's a more total-body thing this time. I weighed on my WW scale this morning, and maybe it's just because I was sick and didn't eat much yesterday, but I did still manage to lose weight last week. I'm glad to be back home, though, where I have more control over what I'm going to eat and how I'm going to exercise. Trying to decide now if I'll do a gym class tonight, or just go for a long run since I'm doing a 10K on Sunday for which I have not really trained at all...
