I've had the wheezy bit for a little while and I thought it might be a touch of anxiety. It feels like I've already done a festival this year and smoked a ton over the weekend or when it's really cold and you can feel that frosty rattle. Given that I'm aware how risky this is to others I've really had to think about how sick I might be. Weird feeling.
Yes mine started off as a 'too many fags?
' feeling (the chest and the mild sore throat) but is defo not and I'm not feeling anxious outside of passing anything on.
Water man has been and gone - had a croaky, hoarse throat himself, which he apologised for and I said I was also feeling a bit ill but with no temp or cough - we just stood at a sensible distance for the duration. He said it would defo NOT be sewage, where it was, so looks like I'm back to initial diagnosis of decaying rodents which would at least stop smelling at some point
and means that at least we are NOT being poisoned by any obvious toxic fumes/gas - so hooray for that!
Will sit it out for now and stay upstairs as far as possible now.
My school has actually, finally shut today anyway (it obvs all quickly spiralled out of control with me off
), so we can essentially hole up without thinking much more about it, which is a relief - no more decisions on that front, just get on with being mildly ill.
Not sure what to do about my daughter's headaches - may just be an age thing (I got lots of headaches/migraines at her age) but I'll call my gp tomorrow and if I can get to speak to him and see if he can suggest anything.
She's had regular eye tests but we're due one although that's going to have to wait a bit now.
I'm getting a bit worried about paracetamol though - she's going through them and there are none anywhere local to us but I'll worry about that when I have to. I am avoiding taking them myself for now to eke them out as far as poss!
I've been reluctant to let her have any ibuprofen
just in case but she's had to take some a couple of times when nothing else has shifted it.
She did get a headache today but I'm hoping that not then having to sit through classes will make a difference to how intense they get and how quickly they lift - now that I'm not worrying about the smell (apart from
the smell 
) I can completely relax about her being here, where it's obvs much more peaceful.
My son is being very rigid about his day. I asked if he could nip to the coop to see if they had eggs and he said I can but not until 1pm, when I'm on lunch (and that I had to have the list ready so that he didn't waste any of his lunch time).
Tbf, they are working as a team, so have agreed lunch hours etc so that it's all covered properly (and he's not gone without worrying about the long term implications of all of this on his job
)…so it's not as ridiculous as it sounds but it's still making me LOL. He
actually said 'Sorry,
that's just the way it is'
I said 'Oh shut up, you wanker
' and the girl and I had avocado on toast instead, while he opted to buy a sarnie from the coop because
he's at work
He did go and get the shopping during his lunch break though - and has brought teas up etc, along with providing some light entertainment (it's really only comical cos it's one of those rare opportunities you get to view your child in roles you don't normally see them in - and tbf I'm just mega impressed that he did actually get up in time and is actually doing the work - I had imagined a looser arrangement of sitting in pants, playing computer games, but he is
actually providing IT support.
).
Hope everyone else is doing ok - whatever we do or don't have, it's really not unmanageable (my daughter's headaches aside
) but yes, am happier not to have to even interact with work for daily updates, for now.
I'll probably be fine.
being really that I think they'd be hard pressed to be arseholes about it right now.
