Ahhhh....

It's the first day in about a week that I can sit at my desk without constantly holding a tissue under my nose. It's also the first day I can sit without using my hand as a prop to hold my head up and the lack of illness is a welcome change.

I was out sick on Friday and got loads of sleep and was feeling quite a bit better on Saturday. I have that wedding this Friday and I needed to go get a dress so I made Baz drive up to Dublin on Saturday afternoon so I could go to House of Fraser (kind of like an Irish/British Macy's). I slept all the way there and back (still a bit drained from my cold) but I did find a really pretty dress for the wedding. I found the same dress for sale on Ebay if you want to get an idea. I love it and was excited to find it was 70% off. Nothing quite like after Christmas sales.

So after I went shopping I met up with a few of the girls for dinner at the Corkscrew. It's a fairly new restaurant/wine bar in Gorey and it was perfect for a girls' night out dinner. I'm SO taking Crystal and Kara there when they come over. It's so comfy and cozy and the food was pretty good. The prices weren't bad either. I know - girls' night out when I've been so sick? Well, I was feeling better and it wasn't like it was a wild and crazy night out. One of the girls is 4 months prego and the other is due next month, so nobody really had more than a glass of wine. It was nice to catch up and hang out though because dinner out with the girls hasn't quite caught on here but Noush (American friend) and I are trying to make it stick.

Sunday was a beautiful day here. I decided to give soccer a go and tried running the rest of my cough out of my lungs. It felt great to get some fresh air and not be soaked with rain. We lost the game but didn't play so badly. I got in 90 minutes of running, which is more exercise than I've had in quite some time. I showered and went over to watch the men's rugby game and my sunglasses were happy to come out of hibernation. I got to catch up with my friend Joan, who had also been kind of sick the week before. I was feeling fine Sunday night, with the exception of being a bit tired after all of the exercise and fresh air.

I don't know if it was because my immune system was already compromised or what, but I woke up yesterday morning not feeling so well at all again. It wasn't the same cold though - I was SO sick to my stomach. I'm already taking Friday off though so I decided to give work a go. I would have though food poisoning but I was so busy Sunday that I kind of forgot to eat, with the exception of a small sandwich out at the club. Anyhow - I went to work and couldn't even manage to keep water down. At lunchtime I decided to give it a go and ate about 5 plain french fries. It was about the safest bet from the canteen. I finally got everything I wanted to done and left about an hour early. I got halfway home before I had to pull over and be sick again. Fun day. I got home and crawled into bed and woke up at 8.30pm feeling a little better. I made myself some Kraft mac and cheese and had a few glasses of water (sweet rehydration!) before heading to bed until morning. I'm feeling MUCH better today though and I'm actually kind of hungry for lunch. The fried aren't looking so appetizing though...

So that was my weekend of fun and games. I'm listening to my new Yusaf Islam CD today. He's the artist formally known as Cat Stevens. My mom got me the CD and book for Christmas and I've been too busy to get to it. I like the CD but I still think his old stuff is better. Then again I'm a bit partial since it WAS the first music I could sing all of the words to into the end of a hairbrush when I was little. I think I'll like this one better once I listen to it a few times and learn a few of the songs. I'm off to get some more work done and see what's good to eat at the canteen. SO hungry! ;-)