Did I mention that I also seem to have gotten a cold during the flight from LA to Hong Kong? At least that’s when the symptoms started. And it continues even now. My head and nose are stuffed up and I have the occasional sneezing or coughing fit. It’s fun.
Even worse is that Guinness is sick too. Yesterday he cried for me to let him out and once we got outside he wanted to run. They need the exercise so I ran with them on their leashes. Then when we got to his favorite hillside I noticed he was absolutely frantic to find a place to poop. And once he started pooping he didn’t stop till he was cleaned out of what looked like butterscotch pudding coming from his butt.
He woke up before my alarm today frantic to go outside again and the same thing happened. We came back in and I started preparing their breakfast and I stepped in something wet on the throw rug. Sure enough, there were two large brown puddles on the carpet as he must have made sure that he only went on that and not the floor. Breakfast was postponed while I used the spare shower to wash off my sock, pants leg and the rug. Oh it smells lovely in the kitchen.
He’s been scared all morning because he was afraid I’d be mad at him. I talked to him and let him know it’s not his fault and that it was OK. I think he’s calmed down about it now. He only ate half his breakfast and I’m going to feed him some Pepto once I finish my cereal. I think I need to get him some rice on my way back from work today.
I feel so bad for him. I know he’s upset and he feels really bad. He would have never done anything in the house if he couldn’t help it. I’m really sad because of all this too. Sad for him and, somewhat selfishly, sad for myself as well. It’s been a bad couple of days and I really miss Muse being here to help me with everything. I know I can handle this all on my own with some degree of success but I don’t want to.
I wish she was here.
We just got back from “the country” visiting Muse‘s family where Internet access is still pretty much an unknown service. No contact with the rest of the world for five days. Talk about feeling isolated. I like the woods but no Internet access is a horrible thing.
However, you can shoot things in the woods, so I did some target practice with Muse’s Dad’s .45 six shooter and his 9mm at some boxes that used to have Christmas gifts in them. I hit the targets more often than not. You have to keep up your zombie survival skills, you know.
We have eaten more since we’ve been back in the states than we can possibly process within normal human limits. Especially since our bodies are used to Hong Kong foods and meals now.
Well its almost bed time so that’s all the updates for now. Muse is feeling a little sick so she needs some rest.
I’m still sick. I still have to work. And Burrito the cat got his little protective cone collar put back on last night because of a complication with his tail so all the animals kept us up all night long. Because they are terrified of a kitty with a lampshade around it’s head. So I can add no sleep to the above because of the animals and because I would get so thirsty I would wake up for a drink.
I felt like I was drunk this morning between the medication, lack of food and lack of sleep. And I’ll be working a double shift today while we get all the servers backed up, mailboxes moved to Tokyo and shut down all the equipment. Then I need to take all the ISP equipment and our router over to the new office. It’s going to be a very long day.
It’s Monday morning and tomorrow is the office move. And I’ve been sick since Sunday morning.
It started yesterday after I had some cereal. First came the diarrhea and then the lightheadedness. I laid down to read and after a while I started to get very very cold. And I know it wasn’t cold. Once I started shivering and my teeth began chattering I put on my favorite hooded sweatshirt, pulled up the hood and crawled under the blankets. I slept for a while and then the stonach cramps started.
Muse went out and picked me up some McDonalds since I figured that would be bland enough. Sadly I got really hungry between the time she left and the time she returned. I threw up and shit out most of my dinner and the remaining bits caused me no end of pain the rest of the night and morning.
I went to the Medical Center on my way to work. I told him all the above and he told me it was just stomach virus and nothing serious. He gave me pills for the stomach cramps and some others for the nausea. I also got some packets to mix with liquid to rehydrate. Every time I drank water the cramps got worse so I am definitely dehydrated. Stuff tastes like ass too. But no matter how much I drink, I’m still dying of thirst.
I’m going to try and get some things done here and hopefully I can leave a little early if I need to. I have a 12+ hour day looming ahead of me tomorrow and I need to bring my ‘A-game’ or at the very least my ‘B-game’….
January 12, 2008 7:17 am | 
