Lascivious

I've been cooped up in the house for too long. Maybe I'll go out for lunch today, maybe get some pho, something soft or liquid. My throat has been hurting constantly for almost five days now. I'm really over it. Right now is the honeymoon period of the day, the brief respite of slightly less pain than the mornings and especially evenings when it's ridiculously painful. I've tried every homemade and storebought cure there is, but nothing makes much of a difference, so I'm just mainlining tea and hot water, and hoping to ride it out. I can't talk for more than a few minutes before it's too sore to keep on. Blaaah.

Other than a vague sinus ache and post nasal drip (which is to blame for both my cough and my sore throat), I feel okay. Not good enough to be really active or do anything that requires energy, but I'm not miserable.

Sadly, this gives me some time to worry about whether or not I'll get rolled over into that next contract project. I can't stomach the idea of having to start the job search process all over, for one thing, and I really liked working with that company, so it'd be nice to get some more steady work from them. I kind of wish I hadn't finished my project so early, although that may be what made them mention the possibility of rolling me over into the next project. Realistically, that probably won't be until early next year, even if it happens. But I'd be alright with that.
I'd love to start next year on a good note.

Next week is my Cy's birthday and then the week after that is Thanksgiving. I hope I'm feeling better by then. I want to be at my best to give Cy the celebration she deserves.
And I was feeling pretty jazzed up about Thanksgiving until this cold got me. Now I feel like I need more time. Or at least the energy to get together some recipes to meet/talk with Uncle D about.

The more I think about the rest of this year, the most stressed out about it all I get.

Right now, I'd just like to be able to swallow without it hurting....