Will this ever be over?  It's always something new.   Some new symptom or issue.  For the past 3-4 days it's been extreme nausea and diarrhea.  I still have a vaguely stuffy nose, but no coughing or anything.  Just now this extreme nausea.  It's like morning sickness, because it usually goes away at night and it gets worse with exertion and strong smells or flavors.  It reminds me of being pregnant.  I have to force myself to eat in order to not feel a thousand times worse, too.  Because the more hungry I get, the more nauseous I get.  And the more nauseous I get, the less I want to eat and the more hungry I get.  It's a vicious cycle!!  

My mother is still coughing, my kids are still congested a bit, and my hubby still gets sore throats, just as I do.  I've also been getting headaches and a general feeling of tiredness and malaise.  At least with other sicknesses when you start to feel better, you actually start to feel better.  With this, it's like you can get a few hours of feeling better, but then you wake up feeling like shit all over again.  But I haven't actually felt better in days.  

I am so freaking tired.  And everything makes me want to puke.  And I still have to cook food for people and get things done (today we went to the grocery store, first time in almost 2 weeks).  Speaking of that, I've been avoiding my mother as much as I can because every time she sees me she never asks if I am okay, she just asks me to do something for her.  Do this, do that, get me this, get me that, blah blah blah.  It's not about her being sick, either.  It's just her normal self.  She didn't quit smoking at all during covid, either.  Who gets sick and keeps on smoking??  I never did.  Though this year is 20 years since I've quit, so I am super proud of that.  I just want to feel better from this bullshit.  I am sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.  Ugh.  

Nobody talks about the mental toll it takes on you, either.  I finally feel well enough to not feel like I am losing my mind anymore, but I did get to that point.  I thought I was going insane.  Feel bad mixed with not being able to leave my room due to feeling so bad...good grief.  That was not fun.  The negative thought spirals were awful.  

But that's better now, thank goodness.  I've also got to spend some time with my chickens the past two days.  I thought they'd forget about me, since I couldn't go outside to see them at all for so long.  But they were happy to see me and all took turns sitting in my lap LOL  

Well, I am too tired to keep typing.  I must go rest.  Let's hope we all feel a lot better soon, because this is driving me batty.  

Ick.