Well, uh, I started playing, or rather, replaying Morrowind, but obviously didn’t put it on my All Consuming. I got a lot farther this time, but then I had to have ECT again, so that was that. I don’t think I’ve completely forgotten where I am or what I’m doing, but lately I’ve been itching to play KotOR.

Since all the previous times I’ve played I was always the same class character, and since I wasn’t very far into the game yet anyway, I decided to start over again as a Scout instead of a Scoundrel. Not too charming, but way better in a fight. (y)

This post is dedicated to mamazilla: See? I’m not all about Depends porn! :p

Nor, apparently, could I stay away from blogging for long. This picture was taken last night, when my illness was at its worst. I had the chills so badly that I had to wear a pair of the wonderfully warm and incredibly soft socks a certain blog friend gave me; sweatpants, pajama pants, and a sweatskirt; a long-sleeved T-shirt, a fleece, and a flannel shirt; mittens; a woolen knit cap, a regular knit cap, and a huge scarf wrapped around my head. What was Brian wearing? Shorts and a T-shirt!

Brian was willing to take me to Urgent Care last night, but I was too weak to make it to the kitchen (but not the bathroom, thank God) let alone outside. He took part of today off and brought me to our PCP, who said that sure enough, I have a viral infection — whether it’s the cold or flu virus he couldn’t say for sure. But not only that, I also have an ear infection! Jesus H. Christ!

BTW, this is the first time I’ve used the Freehand Selection in PSP in order to replace our messy background with a plain, white one, so don’t make fun of all the jaggedness and stuff, please.

I know I haven’t written one of these in two years, but here’s one:

Get a flu shot every winter!

I never have, and now I regret it. So yet again, I’ll be taking a (hopefully) short blogging hiatus because my symptoms have worsened since yesterday.

I thought I’d post this picture again since it was so popular in the post in which it originally appeared. I didn’t make it to the goalie clinic (see here) and went to the E.R. instead because my ass hurt so much from all the wiping, that I was actually sobbing. I mean, it was incredibly painful. There was pain last time, but not this bad.

Anyway, working on goalie skills just didn’t seem like a good idea. As it turned out, neither did going to the E.R. we chose, about which I wanted to write a review for Yahoo Local, except that it’s a 4,000 character max, and you all know how long-winded I am. So what I’m going to do is post it here and then place a link to it. If Local doesn’t accept links, then I’ll just type out the URL.

We were there from 9pm on Thursday to 5am on Friday. Bad enough that Brian still had the flu and missed the past two days of work. Now I have it, too! I was probably already getting it, which explains my stiff and achy muscles, so I uh, probably shouldn’t have played outdoor hockey on Tuesday, but anyway, the E.R. was fucking freezing because the doors were stuck open! You’ll get to read all about it in my next post, to be published later today or tomorrow. I do have the flu, after all.

And that pisses me off because I have a game (subbing for another team) tomorrow. On the one hand, this particular rink is very, very cold. On the other, the goalie artist who’ll be painting my helmet was going to meet me there to pick it up. More on that another time.

Anyway, the doctor couldn’t really do anything for me other than recommend that I see my GE (duh), so I have an appointment Tuesday afternoon. The E.R. doc, however, determined that I have diaper rash, but fortunately, there’s no infection or fungus. Yuck! I never even knew that could happen! Brian, of course, had to make a smart-ass remark about how I should be grateful that I’m not growing mushrooms out my butt. :s

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I like the plush upholstery, but it is total bullshit that Mommy and Daddy got me a convertible.