Tag: sick
Being sick.. sucks
by Josh Newsome on Aug.17, 2008, under Life, Work
The title speaks a lot. I starting feeling like shit on Friday, and here is Sunday morning and I still feel like crap. I have been taking Dayquil, Niquil, Sudafed, and blowing my nose non-stop. It is getting old. I am ready for the throbbing in my throat to go away, and for my nose to quit being a spout for snot, and this stupid cough to go away, and for my head to feel normal again. The funny thing is, I didn’t get sick until I thought to myself “Wow, I haven’t gotten sick this year.” because I usually always get sick at least once a year. And then a few days later, WHA BAM! Same thing happened last year. I was talking to my mom and I said “Wow, I haven’t gotten sick yet this year.” and she said “Oh don’t say that, you will end up getting sick tomorrow.” No joke, the next day, I started to feel like shit.
So needless to say, the past couple of days haven’t been great. I only eat and drink because I have to. Nothing more. Food just tastes horrible when you are sick. And of course I know where I probably got it from. As most of you know I work at a grocery store. I handle pretty much all the money. At the end of that cashier’s shift, I touch ALL that money. No telling WHO touched it before them, whether they are nasty or clean. So I most likely got sick from handling that dirty money. I tell yah, I wonder about some of that shit. It is disgusting. So from now on, there will be hand sanitizer near me at all times.So I was looking at a post that I was going to do a couple of days ago, and I was talking about how I only had $2.16 in my bank account. Heh, wow. That was scary. Luckily I have a little more in there now. Not much, but enough to not be scared over. I said “It was because I had to buy those books for school.” But in reality, it is because I shop way too much. I can’t go to the mall without buying something. And I can’t just buy one thing… I have to buy a whole outfit. I buy things that I don’t need. Like I bought two shirts from rue21 and I hate them. But I can’t take them back because I don’t have a receipt and it has most definitely been 30 days. So I think that for right now, I have enough clothes. So I can quit with that portion of my spending. Another big spender is food. Food is essential. Everyone must eat. But what gets me is how much money I spend on food. Working all nights.. and having no time to actually eat anything, fast food is all that is there. Which is why I have put on so much damn weight. I need another plan.Well it is 6am.. and I woke up at 4 and couldn’t go back to sleep. I believe I a starting to feel droopy eyed again, so I think I shall try this whole sleep thing again.
Later.