Sick

 Well, I have the flu.   I feel... unpleasant. Congested, high fever, body aches... 

     Worse than the flu, in terms of impact, I bought a store bought chicken pot pie yesterday and had it for lunch. 100% ultraprocessed 'food.'  I don't eat processed foods and haven't in about a year. My daily caloric limits w/ my now- reduced metabolism, I want good tasty food since I can't have a lot of it.  I eat clean. 

 I didn't yesterday.   About 3pm I thought I would die from the indigestion and cramps that damn pie gave me.  By 5pm I was more afraid I'd survive and  continue to suffer.   Gas cramps, sharp pains, even chest pains from the indigestion itself.  It didn't settle down until about 7pm. Thank God that's done.  No more trash food. 

To be fair the body aches ain't much worse than my usual of a morning, though.  The fever, OTOH, sucks. That's 2 nights of almost no quality sleep. 

     I got the flu vaccine about 3 weeks ago. Waste of fuckin' time yet again. I can't help but think that I missed a night of drinking whisky and chasing my wife around the kitchen (I felt a bit peaky after the shot), and I get so few of those days. Damn. 

 Well, I hope today the fever breaks and I start feeling better after bed tonight.  I REALLY wish I could take Nyquil, knock myself into a coma for the night but alas... oil tanker. Ist Verboten. The side effects might be too pleasant, and we can't be trusted to have nice things since we're retarded and like as not to do dumb shit all zooted up on happy pills.