ugh

[seventhe]

2:30pm yesterday: had horrible sore throat and fever, came home from work, slept.

6:30am: still had fever and sore throat; stayed home again and slept.
8:30am: felt slightly better due to Tylenol/Sudafed combination cocktail; felt mildly guilty about skipping work.
12:30pm: drugs wore off. felt absolutely shitty again. stopped feeling guilty and went back to bed.
3:00pm: woke up, took another Tylenol. turned on AC as apartment is over 80 degrees.

It's a sinus thing, I think - the back of my throat is scratched dry, and usually that happens when I get a really bad allergy day. The fever's a new thing. Not sure why my allergies to the little white puffy things floating around would give me a fever, but...

Yeah, definitely sick!

ETA: go ahead, LJ, believe my tags... IF YOU DARE!

Comments

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

Feel better allergy puss.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I hope I do, the big jam session is coming up!

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you better stay home sick tomorrow just to make sure you're ok.

Hopefully you guys know a lot of songs on your respective instruments as I know none on my delicious bass.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Your new nickname is "delicious bass".

And no, I know next to nothing since I'll be playing the drums. So you and I can make it up as we go along. Ten points if every song sounds like "My Humps".

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

I can live with that.

And that is up to you. That is like the one drum beat I know. I'm sure we'll end up singing it at some point in the evening. By we, I mean me. :O

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Man, I can't even come up with it in my head. Why am I not downloading crappy music right now to spam everyone with tomorrow?

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

If I wasn't at work I'd send it to you.

bassSNARE bassbass SNARE bassbassSNARE bassbass Snare

That's like how real drum music is written out too. 100% official. :)

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Yup, real drummers know exactly what that means. I swear. And since I'm a real drummer, apparently we are totally screwed for tomorrow.

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

My expectation is for no song to actually be classified as better than bad. So if that happens, I'll be pleasantly surprised.
This is just for fun after all.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Basically. I do not think it's going to be as bad as people think. At the same time I don't think we're going to be anything awesome. really it's just an excuse to drink beer.

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

Haha I do because I have no concept of how to play bass other than hit single notes make bass make bass sounds. So if we sound good it'll be because of one of you three.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I think that's all you need to play bass. Let's hope. You and I are the rhythm section, and we're both on completely new instruments... this is going to be "fun", isn't it.

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

Well when we suck we can make some off color comment that will make us both laugh and leave jason and jeff staring blankly at us.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Or just look at each other and yell, like we usually do?

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

lol yes, that too.

Jeff: This is how you play this...
Jason: Oh...oh, ok just like Neil...
Me: AHHHHH!
You: AHHHHHHHH!
Jeff: Yeah exactly like...
Both: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHH! AHHHHHHHHH!
Jason and Jeff: *STARES*

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I just laughed so hard I choked on my coffee.

We should make a pact to scream at each other every time tonight that someone mentions either Neil Young or Bob Dylan.

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good idea that will not be appreciated by either of them.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Which is totally the plan. Alternate plan: We bust out "My Doorbell".

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

I think we should play as much white stripes as possible as other than for the loser guitar players the parts are usually easy. :)

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I pretty much support this. Meg White drums should be ridiculously easy except for that one song that's fast.

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

Too bad Jason doesn't really like them that much.
Perhaps we could create full band versions of monkey and the butt puppet songs.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Jason sucks. It's true. I read it on the internet.

And that is a fantastic idea. We all know those already, right? Or at least the words?

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

They are three chord songs I think. We definitely know the words though.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Hey, I don't have to worry about chords any more, apparently.

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

You sounded pretty good on drums tonight. Overall Jeff and Jason being good guitar players helps a lot too.

We'll have to do that again sometime.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I agree, it was fun and worth doing again. Mostly so we can play the Ballad of Chasey Lain over and over.

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

haha not "Danger! Danger! High Voltage!"?

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

That one was hard. Although honestly it sounded pretty good, I have to say.

[rosencrantz.livejournal.com]

Hey, I gave you my fever! Sorry bout that!

Home remedies that work:
- sleep
- water till you're sick of it

If this is anything like mine was, you started with a plain old sore throat, it progressed into a fever, which means around today you should start getting a stuffy nose... (if it's the same kind of flu going around this year, I guess.)

For the sore throat, gargle with hot salty water no matter HOW disgusting it is, it always helps.

For the stuffed nose, boil some water on the stove, stick a sprig of thyme in it and some salt, take it off the stove, then throw a towel over your head and inhale the steam for a good 5 minutes or so.

That, or eat chilies. I hear eating chilies clears your sinuses too. Obviously, though, I'd rather boil my face off than eat chilies...

Last but not least, awesome tea for the throat and nose: take a whole root of ginger, wash it and throw it in boiling water, boil it for 5 or so minutes, or until the water turns honey coloured, then drink it with a lot of sugar and/or honey. Tastes good, and is good for ya!

Get well soon. :)

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

PLZ STOP GIVING ME YOUR HERPES OVER THE INTERNETS!

Anyway, that tea sounds delicious! I will have to see if my totally awesome boyfriend wants to buy me these things!