Piss Aaron, They Always Caught Him Pissing in the Hall

Where the heart is ... I woke a tad bit ahead of 5:30am thinking that I’d be heading to work just as any other Tuesday. I still felt a little woozy but not nearly as bad as I felt mid-day Monday. And drudging through my morning exercise routine was tough to say the least. Much of the zip and zing normally found in my get-along was no where to be found. I expected that, though. I walked Ykraps, drank some coffee, and completed a good meditation. After meditating I decided that there was little reason to push myself right back to work when I wasn’t close to 100%. There’s was no question that I could’ve worked, but then again, when couldn’t I? I decided that an extra day of rest would be as good for my psyche as it would be for whatever the hell was ailing me. At 6:45AM I left my boss a VM and sent my peers an email letting them know that I wouldn't be in. Soon after, I readied for a run before the sun had fully risen. As I’ve indicate many times past, I can run when I’m ill. After all, it’s just 32 minutes. Worst case is I stop, drop, and puke. I completed the run without any problem. However, once I was back and cooled off, I could tell I was in a weaker than usual physical state. I immediately took a luxurious nap while curling up with my latest book, The Self-Aware Universe. In fact, I took about four or five of those throughout the day. I didn't want to return to work on Wednesday feeling under slept. On the other hand, if I went in feeling over slept, I would consider my day-off a success. I never did shake that nauseous feeling. It hung with me through the day but continued to fade. I talked with Mindy a number of times since she was home on spring break. Last Sunday we had made plans to have dinner together at her home tonight. I decided to keep the date. After laying around virtually all day long, I'd need a shower and an escape to get me back on track. I left for Mindy's around 3:45pm and had her pineapple OJ and lemon poppy-seed muffins in tow. Once at her place I took immediately to playing with the kids who showed signs of missing me. That always warms my heart! Jacob was still getting over his latest bout of strep and seemed to be doing one heck of a lot better than he was the day prior. Mindy stayed busy making dinner. We were having pork chops, green bean casserole, salad, and sauerkraut, or so I thought. For dessert Mindy had sliced a quart or two of strawberries. We sat down for dinner sometime around 5:15pm. Everything was fabulous, especially the sauerkraut. NOT! Mindy forgot to cook the kraut. In the end it was no big deal save for the craving. I ended up more than full on everything else. After dinner we played some duck, duck, goose Jimmy style. The kids don't care for it so much but I love it. When I'm 'it' I run and hide. They rarely can find me! The evening was quickly winding down and Mindy saw to it that the kids were bathed in ready for bed a bit earlier than usual. I think that they were both in bed by 7:30pm Once they were down we retired to the sofa just as we normally do. We tuned into the 'singing' round of American Idol which I had never seen before. We saw all ten of the contestants sing. Surprisingly, only two or three were any good at all. I was disappointed and expected so much more. After Idol, we stayed tuned to Fox and caught a favorite of ours, House. That two hours of television was more than I typically see in a month except for football season. I left Mindy's just after 10 and headed for home. I needed to be rested and ready come 5:30am. After a day and one half at home, I was feeling a bit lethargic. I've never been a good 'sick day' taker. As usual, once at home I grabbed some water and my book and went directly to bed, and did not pass go!