So my weekend started off with me feeling under the weather but nothing seriously just yet on Friday evening as I still thought I'd feel better the next day. Although I did some steaming twice on Friday, apparently that was not enough to give me a horrible Friday to Saturday night. I kept waking up to go to the toilet and because of my runny nose.
At some point, I probably tried to lay at 100 different ways that my back was not having it anymore so there I was, inside the home on a Saturday morning around half past 7 because the office chair of my boyfriend was clearly the best way to calm down my sore back.
I tried to get through the morning without much hassle but when the afternoon arrived, I really had to rest and just close my eyes because my head was pounding and I was hot and then cold, so annoying. I went to bed and let the window open as well as the curtains open because at night I couldn't leave them open as it was too windy, I hate not having fresh air in the bedroom but that's what you get living at the coast and having some cheap blinds, lol.
I fell asleep thankfully and was able to not be bothered by my head for a bit as well as not having to deal with my back acting up like it was throughout the night. At some point, my boyfriend came to ask if I wanted some food and then I went back inside. I tried to eat but barely ate anything, mostly just drank water as I wanted to get rid of whatever I was having as soon as possible.
On the couch after I woke up and I think I've binged a lot of episodes from Jersey Shore family vacation lol, #guiltypleasure.. It was just me and the kitties because the others were probably afraid to be too close to me, lol. I get it, if my boyfriend catches it, it's a lot more inconvenient than it is just me being ill or the little one.
I started to feel worse and my throat started hurting more, which made me afraid of the night. I had just one strepsil with lidocaine left which I saved for when I went to bed. I hoped it would avoid me starting a huge cough session as soon as I would rest my head to the pillow. It worked, and even better, the medication that I took made me sleep through (almost) the whole night without me waking up to clear my nose or run to the toilet tons of times.. Great..
But then when it was time to wake up properly, I started coughing and coughing to the point that my boyfriend offered me to get me something at the pharmacy if needed. Honestly, I don't ever buy stuff for the cough and I don't even bother to brew these herb things either (I forget every time) but what I did was continuing to steam three times a day again which really brought some relief for several hours.
As I broke my daily content streak which I aimed on getting one post out every day of the year and after just finishing one full month, I didn't even manage to get the second one completed. BUMMER! That's the moment where I wish I'd been creating stuff ahead, which was not the case, otherwise there wouldn't have been an issue.
Such is life though, I've been doing worse throughout the whole day compared to yesterday because the cough is much nastier than the runny nose issue and the headache caused by it. This is what the steaming really helps for, but the throat is constantly itching and I'm thankful to have another box of these Strepsils. Even though they cost an arm and a leg nowadays.
Today was a long day and I honestly felt like skipping it as a whole but I could not remain in bed after 8 o clock for the same reason as yesterday.. My back is fine lately, btw, this is purely the twisting and turning in bed which causes my back to act up crazily and there's no other solution than to get out and walk to get rid of the pain, so I did.
As my daughter has a Spanish exam tomorrow, the tutor would come today for a session because from Thursday (the last day she can come normally) until Monday is a bit of a stretch for my daughter.. She's very flexible and I would not have asked her unless she offered. But as I was coughing my lungs out and definitely not wanted her whole family to get whatever I'm having, I asked her if we could do it online today.
She created some worksheets for my daughter and afterwards discussed the mistakes with her to explain it a bit more.. She's currently confusing the feminine and masculine a lot, especially when there's no a that says it's feminine, which needs a bit more explaining. Creative as her tutor is, she's now creating another game for my daughter so they can practice it in a fun way. This helped her learn stuff really well in the first months after she started tutoring.
As I suspect it will be a night with lots of coughing and my nose is hurting so badly already that I hate clearing my nose by now. Oh well, I hope tomorrow is a better day, at least I was able to sit behind the computer for a bit to write this post today, so there's improvement for sure.
Just two days and then the kids have 5 days holidays so I better start planning what to do with her as well as what to eat so I can load up on groceries for the days things are closed.
I hope your weekend was a bit better than mine, wishing you a great week ahead, nevertheless!
Pictures above are all mine..
