I had a pretty good weekend. At least, after I started feeling better.
You see, spring has already started making it's way here in Texas, and while spring is typically my favorite time of year, I always forget how bad my allergies get this time of year. I have horrible pollen allergies, and get sick from them every year in February/March. This year was no exception.
I started feeling sick last Friday, while sitting in LAX airport waiting for my flight home to board. It was that slight tingling sensation in my sinuses that first got me worries.
By Monday, I was a sniffling, nasal-y mess. Calling out sick was out of the question, however, as I had a client photo shoot that day that required my attendance, particularly since the owner of the restaurant we were shooting for would be present. I figured I'd just pop a Zirtec and be done with it.
By Tuesday, I was actually feeling better, and thought maybe I'd beat my allergies, just once.
Except by Wednesday I was feeling AWFUL. And it didn't help that my new office I'd moved into that week is apparently in the coldest part of our floor space, as it's not close to any windows that could potentially let in sunlight. So I continued to feel worse, and by Friday night I was feeling (and looking) pretty bad.
My timing couldn't of been any worse, as not only did I have a ton of work to catch up on from being out of the office for four days, but I also had a baby sprinkle to host on Saturday afternoon, which left very little time to get any real rest.
By Friday night, I had pretty much given up the notion of feeling better anytime soon. I'd had to say late for work, which didn't help my healing process, and pretty much went home, drank some tea, and went to bed.
I woke up feeling slightly better on Saturday, but had many errands to run before getting my house set up for the shower, so I hustled through everything, trying my best to ignore my sore throat, runny nose, and throbbing ear ache.
By noon I was in full set-up mode for the shower. I drank a Red Bull Edition (new to the market and one of my clients...I highly recommend you try!) and that actually seemed to help me a lot.
The good news is, the shower went off without a hitch, and by Saturday evening, I was feeling a heck of a lot better! And I finally went over to my dad's house and visited awhile, which I'd been wanting to do but haven't had time to do lately.
Today was pretty much a day of rest. Sam and I went to church this morning (always a highlight), then got my car washed (finally), had lunch with my sister-in-law, and went grocery shopping. A pretty domestic day, but a great opportunity to relax.
Hoping this will be a good week at work! I've got a lot on my plate, but at least I won't be sick while trying to get everything done.
