Why My Day Sucked (AKA a gratuitous attempt at sympathy. ;) )

[unforth]

I knew going in that today was going to suck no matter what I did. However, really, the ways in which it sucked the most were in no way my fault. For what it's worth, though, I've arrived in New York safe and sound, if a bit the worse for wear.


We left Bloomington at 4:40. I'd been up since 2:30 due to unfortunate circumstances; my stomach was starting to bother me by 3; I was pretty sure I had food poisoning by about the time we left. Horrible cramps, various unpleasant fluids, etc. Between the three of us in the car, we'd managed to get less than 4 hours of sleep combined. We got to Cincinatti at 7:15 or so despite my having stop 4 times; I threw up three times before we got there. Still, schenker28 made his flight no problem, which was good. :)

I managed to drive until about 10 (5 1/2 hours) despite frequent needs to stop and a lot of pain; finally, I had to acknowledge that I should step aside. saracariad took over the driving while I curled up into a sad, pained ball in the back seat and tried not to make us stop too much; I managed to sneak about an hour of sleep, too - a miracle, really, I can't really sleep in cars.

At noon I was forced to acknowledge that there was no way in fuck all I was going to be able to go to Boston tomorrow, and my vacation is otherwise locked up, so I had to cancel visiting the school until the indefinite future; I'll probably fly out to Boston for a day or two and try to get a look around some time next semester before the application is due on April 1st. I'm not sure I'll be up for going to Binghamton, either, even though the stomach has vaguely settled down, I have severe muscle aches and generally feel like crap. I'm hoping to convince mistress_sin and the others to come down to NYC, thus sparing me the additional 7+ hours of driving it'll take for me to go upstate.

saracariad drove us through all the way to D.C. while I attempted to determine if I had the capacity to finish the drive. We arrived in D.C. at 5; even with all the stops it took us 12 1/2 hours, not that much more than I thought it would. After a lot of deliberation (with the help of saracariad and sapphohestia) I decided that I was gonna try for it cause really getting home and getting pampered a bit by a mom was well earned after the day I'd had.

I left D.C. at 6 and arrived in NYC almost exactly 4 hours later; too me three tries to find a garage with room, but whatever, and I meandered home to a nice warm house and some liquid. (I've had half a bag of goldfish and 4 bottles of water today, and that's it).

In total, I was on the road from 4:40 AM to until 10 AM with only a single hour break and no stops for food. We stopped about 10 times, and though the cramps faded, thank god, around 3 in the afternoon, the muscle aches set in something fierce (and are still there). In all, I did about 9 1/2 hours of the driving.


Basically, I'm tired and whiny. I just needed to rant about how much it sucks to be in a car for 16 and a half hours when one has food poisoning...

In other news, the game yesterday was awesome and totally worth the agony. :) I'll post more tomorrow. :) And check my e-mail. And stuff. But for now, I'm going the fuck to sleep.

Comments

[nekomata.livejournal.com]

I think it could be stomach flu...or Chili's. I threw up in the middle of last night, had a fever and muscle aches that lasted until 1. But I seem largely over it this evening.


Glad you're safe!

[kniedzw.livejournal.com]

What is going on with people today? It's like everyone I know imploded. Sheesh.

Hope you're really and truly on the mend.

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

I, too, had problems today, though much lesser ones than others it seems, just a minor bit of diarrhea around 11am. I had a medium burger (rather pink, actually) and lots of chips and salsa.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

My burger was also fairly pink. I was happy about it at the time... Though I know morbon_tg also got sick, and he didn't have Chili's at all... :)

[nekomata.livejournal.com]

I feel alot better. On the other hand I've been a bit ill since Saturday; I'm really hoping I'm not the one who's poisoned everyone else. :/

[unforth.livejournal.com]

The achy-ness I had does seem to suggest that it might have been a minor flu thing rather than anything else. I've never had food poisoning, so I didn't realize that aches aren't really a symptom of that. Or so says my mom...

[nekomata.livejournal.com]

I've had food poisoning twice, so I really think this was a minor flu. I'm just glad I got my flu vaccine, I don't want to be ny sicker than that. :/

[unforth.livejournal.com]

I had no point for reference (though now I realize that I might, see, there was this one time that I had an undefined really bad illness that I think might have been food poisoning)...but I'm tending to agree with ya from what I know now.

and that is the cutest icon EVAR.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[danielmc.livejournal.com]

ditto on that.
i think the midwest restraunts got some seriously bad food or something.

[nekomata.livejournal.com]

I actually think I had a flu thing, to be fair. I'd had general nausea and achiness since Saturday night and faught throwing up for most of the Changeling game. I just offered Chili's as an alternate explanation, it's made me sick before.

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

"Stomach flu" isn't actually flu, but some whole other virus family (norovirus). Supposed to spread through food or direct contact -- surprisingly well, I guess -- not through the air. And yeah, fast acting for most people.

My weirdest experience with it was at Caltech, when I pigged out and ate 9 food service pancakes. I viewed subsequent throwing up as just punishment, but was then introduced to the concept of stomach flu, and the fact that lots of other people were upchucking as well without the help of my overindulgence.

[coyotewatches.livejournal.com]

Its not food poisoning. There is a stomache flu hitting right now.

[kniedzw.livejournal.com]

I made my disbelief save. I see through your farce.

It's clearly a plot by the Skeksis to drain our vital essences!

I see through! I understand!

[coyotewatches.livejournal.com]

Damn!!!

We must destroy him for he knows too much!!!

*makes weird skeksis hmmmmmmmm noise*

[danielmc.livejournal.com]

it is one quick and contagious flu then.
nasty

and just in time for the holidays!

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Hopefully, the lack of social events over the week will keep it from spreading any further...

[schenker28.livejournal.com]

So glad you got back safely! And thanks so much for the ride, and for aiming out the door instead of at me when you were sick. Hope you're all better soon! *big happy-holiday-hug*

I think y'all should point out to Chili's that multiple people got food poisioning last night. And saracariad got sick there a month ago or so.... so they're on my list.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Well, if it really is a flu thing, then it's not Chili's fault. But I was thinking something similar at some point yesterday.

Oh, and the tissue was pink. :) (think about it and you'll know what I mean)

[kniedzw.livejournal.com]

That must have been an awfully harrowing experience.

...and I realize now that I completely and utterly failed to draw you a map of how you should tour Boston. I fail. When you decide to head up there finally, make sure to remind me and bug me so that I actually write something up for you.

Hope you feel better soon.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I realized sometime yesterday that I in fact had no map, but seeing as how this was right around the same time I realized I wasn't going to Boston, I didn't worry about it all that much. :)

[coyotewatches.livejournal.com]

OH my... I can't imagine. I got the same thing and cannot imagine being in a car during the event. You are made of sterner stuff...

And, for anyone else, its not food poisoning. I didn't eat at Chili's and got sick at roughly the same time period.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

That's good to know...I rather like Chili's and didn't want to have to hard core boycott...

Hope you're feeling better!

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

First: I stand and salute you!! You are an amazing person to be able to do that drive while sick. You are amazing!!!! Woot!! When you get back to B-ton, please remind me to bow at your awesome driving feet.

Second: Lots of people have been getting this stomach flu thing. Oh bother.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

I've never seen a virus spread so fast! And you don't need to bow, seriously! :)

[nekomata.livejournal.com]

Stomach flu is minor, but very quick in evil in its travles. :p I know if one kid in my sister's school gets it then everyone has it in a matter of days.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Geeze...

I'm thinking the party is where it must have spread, because coyotewatches got it too, and he wasn't at the game...

[nekomata.livejournal.com]

I feel really bad. I knew I had something going in on Saturday night. I'm, like, Typhoid Mary or something.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Eh, no worries. I don't blame you. This won't stop someone else we know from tracking you down and killing you for your crime, but there's nothin' much I can do about that.

[nekomata.livejournal.com]

I'm not terribly worried. With most flu-like illnesses, by the time symptoms set in, you're not really contagious anymore. But, eople may still attempt to kill me, anyway. You should drive home and protect me. :p

[danielmc.livejournal.com]

i'm thinking same. perfect atmosphere for it...warm, cozy, and full of communal food and drinks...ooops.

post: http://danielmc.livejournal.com/203299.html

[mistress-sin.livejournal.com]

hmm . . . i guess i would be up for a trip to the city. tom's never been but i don't know about the other. give me a call at work if you know what is going on.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

That was already my intention, because you are a bad person who didn't return the message I left on your cell phone yesterday... :)

[dyrecorn.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about the suck, but glad to hear you're feeling better. See my icon - it's what most of Bloomington just did on its Fortitude save. ^_-

[unforth.livejournal.com]

lol. Thanks for the sympathy; I'm just glad that me and saracariad got places safely and the like.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Yes! I was gonna be in touch in the next few days; I'm going to be around through the 27th and would love to see ya!

Thanks for the well wishes, I'm feeling much better already.

[ultimabaka.livejournal.com]

wow...sounds like the shits babe...hope ya recover soon.

I would say something like "rawr I'm invincible I'm gonna see you and hug you and shit and nothing bad will happen!", but the last time I did that, I caught a fever of 103.

Lemme know when you're around to see ya, and I will appear, like the mysterious wind...or the bad trade...or what have you :)
-- Gerardo

[bakanekotoo.livejournal.com]

Wow..After that, you definitely earned a whine-fest. Hell, you earned 20 in my book. When are you going to be free in NYC? I would LOVE to see you, it's been a long time. I hope you're feeling better. Drink plenty of fluids, and always have a trusty bucket by your side!