upright enough to blog

So sick. Last night was one of the worst nights of my life.* Chills, coughing, sinus pressure, head set to explode, dizziness.

Somewhere after the first five hours of sleeping in five- and ten-minute blocks with a space heater pointed right at me, to no avail, I realized I was hungry, and wouldn't be physically able to obtain food. I eventually dragged myself to the freezer for the year-old carton of raspberry sorbet that was there from last time I was sick. I only like sorbet when I'm sick.

But mostly I wanted (and continue to desire) rice pudding. That's at the bottom of a fifth-floor walkup, so I'm eating rye crackers. What do people do when they're sick? Watch television? I could try that. I can sit up now. I'm running out of tissues. My nose hurts. Maybe I have Avian Flu. Maybe I should stop sleeping in a pen of live Thai chickens.

* If you don't count that time I banged yer mom.