Sick

I can't believe my bad luck! Weekend finally arrived and I happen to wake up on Saturday SICK! My nose was stuffed, my throat hurt and my head felt like a balloon about to burst. That was just great. All week I had been looking forward to spending a pretty calm weekend with my family. It's Mother's Day on Sunday so there are no important events happening during this time. I wonder, if  Mother's Day had been on a week day, would there be a Holiday for it? Damn, I feel ripped off again. Why are we skipping so many Puentes this year? Stupid 2010 and it's Holiday-less Mondays.

Anyway, I was ready for a restful weekend when I discovered I was sick. I admit I had it coming. On Friday I was feeling a little more asthmatic than normal, but I really just thought it was for the incredible amounts of rain we're receiving in Bogota these days. I never thought I was getting a cold or anything. I decided to go swimming anyway. Sometimes doing sports helps me get better and doing exercise is very good to help your body fight colds. It kind of worked for a while. After the training was over, I actually felt a lot better than when I woke up. I even felt strong enough to go horse-back riding. After that, I felt even better! I just figured I had exaggerated when I thought I had the cold, but I could never imagine what came in for me next.

We were having lunch at the club, and I felt almost normal ( I still hadn't got rid of my stuffed nose). Suddenly, I started having strong shivers running down my spine. I went pale and my throat started throbbing like if an icy poker was trying to get through. I felt so cold, and all I wanted to do was go home and lie in my warm bed for a while. I couldn't believe I got sick again! Something must have made the virus react, making it launch a second attack on my poor and helpless body. That stupid bugger was literally trying to kill me!

We went home and I went to my parents' bed, hoping the frigid cold would go away. I felt like dying.
Fortunately, I have three sisters that took care of me. They warmed me up, gave me a Dolex and stayed with me all the time watching movies while I mumbled incoherently in my sleep.
I can honestly say there is nothing I hate more than being sick. I could almost define flu as the toughest and most powerful enemy humanity has ever encountered (apart from cockroaches). I wonder what life would be like if the flu didn't exist. It would certainly be a better world to live in.
I finish this post hoping it won't be the last, and cursing the evil flu virus for ever daring to exist!