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Tuesday my throat hurt. Wednesday it hurt less but my head hurt more. Thursday was a little better until evening when my head got all stuffed up and my nose was dripping constantly. And I had a tickle in my throat which made me cough. And I still napped a little bit. Friday was the same, but not quite as bad. Not sure what today will bring.

I was wondering how much worse it would have been if I hadn't gotten a flu shot, until I remembered this is pretty much the same as the flu I used to get all the time, before I started getting the vaccine. That would lay me on the couch for a week straight. With this one, I'm up and around for the most part. Not well enough to work at my desk, though. I'm a bit slow.

Saturday I went grocery shopping and made supper. It took a bit out of me. Sunday I didn't do much at all, but today I'm back at work (from home). I'm very tired, falling asleep a lot, but that could just be because I didn't really get enough sleep over the weekend.

Cindy's up and around, and feeling better than she had over the weekend, but she's still got a way to go. I'll probably have to get groceries again tomorrow, ahead of Thursday's snowstorm.

I'm feeling marginally better today. My throat doesn't hurt as much. I'm still weak. Sinuses are a bit stopped up. Head and ears still achy. This thing started on Saturday night, so I assume I'll be well enough to get back to work by Monday, but it doesn't feel like I'm making very much progress at the moment.

Yesterday I actually went outside. I filled the birdfeeders and got the mail. I'm glad I did that yesterday, since the weather is so nasty today. Windy and raining, and the temp just above freezing. It doesn't get much worse than that.

After posting about one really bad allergy attack, and several normal ones, they stopped. They haven't bothered me all week, until today. I guess that's because it's been raining so much. Also, I've been sick this week. Some pain in the top of the throat, sometimes a stuffy-feeling head, feeling worn out.

My cousin and his wife had wanted to come to visit my mom. He got a new job, so he couldn't take off, but his wife and her daughter came anyway, since she wanted to get away. So Cindy and I, and my sister and her kids went to my mom's for dinner on Monday, to visit with the cousins. Tuesday, mom and sister took them to see the Pabst Mansion and The Domes in Milwaukee, and then we met them for sinner at Cafe Benelux.

Wednesday was probably my second free night in about three weeks. Woo woo! From wednesday until monday, my only obligation out of the house (besides work) is the symphony on saturday. And monday is a day off. Hopefully I'll be feeling well enough to get something useful done. I need to get the vegetable garden dug and planted. Not sure I'll have the energy for that, but we'll see what happens.

We picked up the new dishwasher on thursday, but I was too sick to mess with it. Last night I took the old one out, and determined what I needed for this one. And I mostly got it fitted into place. This afternoon I ran to the store for an elbow connector. Tonight, I wired it in, connected the hoses and got it set into place. Took me a couple of hours tonight. Not difficult, just kind of a pain.

Went to my mom's for Easter dinner, with my sister's family. Dinner was fine. After that we all watched The Three Stooges (last year's film). By "we," I mean "they," since I went in the back room to play Mah Jong on mom's computer.

I think I'm done with this cold. Not back to 100%, but close. Only a little tired today, and the sinus issues seem to be cleared up.