OH, MY ACHING GUT!

WELL, MY STOMACH ISSUES WERE NOT BETTER BY THE MORNING (YESTERDAY) AND IT WAS A REALLY LONG, HARD DAY. AFTER I POSTED THAT I WAS FEELING A BIT ILL FROM THE JALAPENO PIZZA I ATE, I WENT TO BED – ONLY TO WAKE AT 1AM WITH HORRIBLE STOMACH PAINS. FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND MORNING I HAD THE WORST UPSET STOMACH - THOUGHT I MIGHT DIE – AND I WAS NOT SURE WHAT I WOULD DO WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR WORK. I KNEW I COULD CALL IN AND EXPLAIN THAT I WASN’T COMING IN, BUT I DIDN’T WANT TO DO THAT. AFTER ALL, IT WAS A MONDAY MORNING AND THERE IS ALWAYS TONS TO DO AT THE BEGINNING OF A WEEK! PLUS, I AM VERY PRACTICAL, AND I KNOW THAT BEING AN AMERICAN IN INDIA (WHERE I CAN’T DRINK THE WATER, EAT FRESH FRUITS UNLESS PEALABLE, HAVE LETTUCE, ETC.) MEANS THAT THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE I WILL BE SICK AGAIN BEFORE MY 7 WEEKS IS UP – PERHAPS MUCH SICKER THAN I WAS FEELING NOW. (SO, IN OTHER WORDS, I NEEDED TO SAVE MY “SICK DAYS” FOR FUTURE USE.) AFTER TALKING TO “NURSE GAY 2” – (HANK) – (MY MOTHER-IN-LAW BEING “NURSE GAY 1” – AS SHE IS REALLY A NURSE) – I DECIDED TO TRY TO DRAG MYSELF INTO WORK – ALTHOUGH I WAS 1 HR. LATE. I FELT REALLY WEAK SINCE I DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING IN MY STOMACH, BUT I WAS NOT ABOUT TO EAT ANYTHING FOR BREAKFAST!

WELL, SOMEHOW I MADE IT THROUGH THE DAY – ACTUALLY FELT A BIT BETTER ONCE I GOT TO THE OFFICE. ALTHOUGH, I WAS CONVINCED TO TRY A SANDWICH AT LUNCH – BAD MOVE – MY STOMACH WAS NOT HAVING IT! AFTER WORK I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO WALK TO THE LOCAL MARKET. I HAD TO HAVE BOTTLED WATER! I HAD LET MY SUPPLY RUN DOWN TO 1 FULL BOTTLE (I.E. A DAY’S WORTH) AND BEING SICK I KNEW I NEEDED TO DRINK A LOT OF FLUIDS. (I KNEW THIS BECAUSE “NURSE GAY 2” HAD ORDERED ME TO – BOSSY, BOSSY, THAT MAN IS!) WELL, THAT WAS PERHAPS THE HARDEST WALK TO THE MARKET I HAVE EVER HAD! THE MARKET IS A GOOD WAYS AWAY – ABOUT A 15 MINUTE WALK EACH WAY – AND AFTER BUYING 5 LARGE BOTTLES OF WATER (AND VARIOUS OTHER SUPPLIES) MY BACKPACK WAS SUPER HEAVY (ADDING TO THE BURDEN OF WALKING HOME!) WHEN I MADE IT TO MY BUILDING’S ELEVATOR AND LOOKED IN THE MIRROR I LOOKED LIKE I HAD JUST STEPPED OUT OF THE SHOWER – I WAS POURING SWEAT! I THOUGHT “NO WONDER THEY WERE ALL STARING AT ME EXTRA HARD TONIGHT – I LOOK LIKE DEATH!” ANYWAY, I MADE IT TO MY ROOM, PUT AWAY MY SUPPLIES, AND CRAWLED INTO BED.

BY THIS MORNING I WAS FEELING BETTER, AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE ‘OLE DIGESTIVE TRACT SEEMS TO BE ON THE UP AND UP AGAIN! I HAD A BANANA LAST NIGHT AND ONE THIS MORNING WITH NO PAINS – WOO HOO! INDIA (OR PIZZA RATHER) WILL NOT BEAT ME!!!