# Monday, June 09, 2008

My mother-in-law discovered a pattern.  Everytime I go away for an extended period and work long hours, I get sick.  I've never really thought of myself as a sickly person, but since I've been at ITS, it seems like I get sick frequently and it always seems to coincide with long work weeks and strange sleep schedules.

Some of you may remember around Christmas when I almost cancelled the Christmas party due to nausea, diarrhea, and slight fever.  Fortunatly, that wound up being an 18 hour thing that passed and no one else got sick so I'm guessing my immune system just can't take the lack of sleep.

I wonder what's more frustrating for my wife, having me gone for days on end, or having me around the house sick?  I'm sure it's no fun being around someone who is constantly complaining about not feeling good.  I won't even let her give me a smooch since she's less than 4 weeks from D-Day (Delivery Day) and I'd hate for her to get sick now.

Plus it's freaking hot outside.  I wonder if all the extreme temperature differences have anything to do with it?  I was in a siberian computer room this past week and the average temperature was 58F.  Temperatures outside were running high 90s.  I'm sure that probably takes it's toll on your body as well.

Is anyone planning on seeing "The Happening"?  It looks fairly apocalyptic and I'm all about some end of the world movies.  I know Shane wants to go, and my wife said she'd like to skip it but has no problem with me going.  "The Happening" and "The Hulk" are on my to see list before the baby comes.  Any takers?

Monday, June 09, 2008 11:55:48 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [1]Trackback
# Tuesday, May 27, 2008

My newest stupid injury is from this weekend.  It seems like I never come back from a state holiday completely intact.  This time, I managed to slam my finger in a window while opening it.  My fingers got pinched between the windows and after the blood sacrifice, the window now slides easily. 

I'll probably lose the fingernail on my middle finger, considering the angry purple and blue colors underneath it.  I should have drilled a hole through the fingernail I guess to relieve some of the pressure.  I can type (gently) and I've got it in a foam splint because despite the overwhelming pain, I tend to hit it on everything I come close to.

This is the first time I've ever been hurt so badly I almost threw up.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 5:57:29 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]Trackback
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