At home...

I'm really sick.

I have a cold or the flu or something. It's all myalgia, sore throat and chest congestion, and I'm running a fever of 38.4 C or 101 F. (I took some ibuprofen against both soreness and fever and will take my temperature again in an hour or so.)

I did not need this, right now.

I can barely think (I think not having fevers often makes them hit me harder), all I want is to watch cartoons in bed, but I have no TV in my bedroom so that is not a possibility, but I'll settle for the couch.

I haven't felt quite this awful since getting influenza back in 2005. Hopefully, that's not what I have, although it does feel like some sort of bronchitis.

So...

I've taken some expectorant syrup, to try to clear that chest congestion. It seems to be starting to work, and it seems that I may have mild drowsiness as a side-effect from it. Oh well, I don't expect to be driving until tomorrow morning anyway. If then.

I'm really happy I found that stuff without decongestant added to it, because a lot of syrups will contain decongestants. They only downside is that we don't have guaifenesin-only tablets, so it had to be syrup. Which I usually can't take because they trigger my gag-reflex and I can't keep them down.

But this syrup is actually a dream to take, when you have issues with syrups. It's rather thin, not as thin as I'd prefer, but close to the texture of maple syrup, and it tastes like wild berries, menthol, a hint of molasses and has a mild bitter aftertaste which isn't so strong as to be gag-inducing.

So yay!