Well, I am FINALLY starting to feel a bit better. I came back to work yesterday and lasted pretty well (half the day). I had another doctor’s appointment yesterday afternoon. It seems the flu gave birth to a sinus infection.
Lucky me … it’s the gift that keeps on giving! :???:
So I got a shot and more pills. Meh. Oh well, at least now my head is clearer and though I’m still coughing up a lung quite a bit, I do feel a LOT better and have gotten most of my voice back. (much to Jim and Jessie’s chagrin I’m sure! ;) )
I read that the Lunarpages crew are having their final 12 vote. None of mine were included, but two of my design submissions are now featured in their WordPress Theme Gallery, so that’s pretty cool in itself. Entering the contest was more about testing the waters and getting some (hopefully) unbiased feedback on my designs — so all in all, it was a good learning experience. :)
Though 5 years of free hosting WOULD have been nice … LOL!
Being at home by myself this week, I was reminded of why I stopped working from home and went back to work in an office environment — it’s boring! ;P The quiet time was nice, but after only a couple of days, I was wishing I was well enough to go in to work. Don’t get me wrong, I got a good bit of work done, but by the end of the day I was running out of things to do to entertain myself until time for Jim and Jessie to get home. I watched stuff on YouTube, I played online games, … in fact, this was the first time I played online Backgammon. I used to play Backgammon a lot when I was little with my Gramps. I think if he were around now, he’s probably love to hit up some Backgammon online.
I also spent some time working on a mockup Blogger design for the lovely ladies in the Cotillion that I had started a while back:
It’s based on an earlier design that they used at a previous location (on mu.nu I think). Overall, I’m very pleased with how well it turned out. I’ve still got a few bugs here or there to tweak. It’s harder than designing a WordPress theme, but I think that’s because it’s been such a long time since I’ve played around in Blogger code … so much of it has changed since I last had an account there.
Moving on … anyone got anything exciting planned for the weekend? Jim and I are planning on meeting up with Captain Fantastic and the lovely Miranda tomorrow and heading to the gun show in Bessemer. My Ladies Night Out group is also meeting up tomorrow night, but I don’t know yet if we’ll be done in time to go.
In all honesty, I don’t care what we end up doing. I’m just happy to get out of the house! ;)
Uncle Monster
I still can’t talk and my energy level is low but I don’t feel as bad.
This crud has slowed me down when I have a lot of work to do.
There was a time when I used to get awful sinus infections until
one day out of desperation, I turned on my Hover vacuum cleaner,
put the hose to my nose and cleared my sinuses. I felt a couple of
sharp tugging pains from under my left eye as my sinuses cleared
and I have never had another one of those terrible sinus infections.
I should market a dishwasher safe attachment for any vacuum
cleaner called a “Snot Snatcher”. I could make a million bucks.
[8~{} Uncle Monster