Call out: Past me is problematic (inconsiderate of present me)

[cimorene]

I seem to be coming down with a respiratory infection. Symptoms aren't really marked yet and I can't find all the info about what you're supposed to do anymore, so I guess I can go to work and bring a high filtration mask in case anyone comes in, which isn't likely anyway. I am mostly alone there, which is good. I assume I'll have a sore throat tomorrow or the day after and will perhaps have managed to clarify how to get a sick note from the health center if I need one. Sigh.

I'm actually too tired to be that worked up about how society has decided to just pretend covid is over. That's less my respiratory infection, though, and more that I was hunting vintage magazines too late last night, trying fruitlessly to find British ones from the 20s to 40s. After that I could have slept more than eight hours if I didn't have a diabetic cat, but my little darling had low blood sugar and an upset stomach and woke me about eight times.

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[princessofgeeks]

Feel better soon and fingers crossed it's not covid.

[cimorene]

💚 That is my number one wish for sure 😔

[viggorlijah]

Get well soon and rest up with - what do the Finns do for home remedies? Birch tea and forest honey? Vodka shots and sauna? Here a grandma would make you drink boiled Coca Cola and then have herbal chicken soup and forbid showers.

[cimorene]

Wax actually made me chicken soup last night! It was delicious and I napped most of the evening. Today I felt exactly the same, so I have to go to work again. Maybe I'm having an allergy flare up that's affecting my sinuses really badly, not actually getting sick... that would be nice, but I also would like to breathe normally. I do feel like I could sleep another 12 hours, so maybe my immune system is struggling.

In Finland there's a berry flavored powder with aspirin and a dash of caffeine that is dissolved in boiling water. I had some yesterday with honey and black tea.