Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness

All week, with all the challenging things I had to do in it, my consolation was that Friday would make up for it.

James has the day off work, is going to come visit, and he, Andrew and I are going to watch old horror movies in the cinema. It sounded brilliant and I was so looking forward to it.

But yesterday I woke up with a nasty sinus infection, a headache and a really sore throat. I had my second appointment with the National Careers Service guy (which I do really want to write about before I forget it all, but I'm not up to it yet) and then my first visit to Manchester Eye Hospital. I survived everything and the day went better than I'd expected, but all the talking meant I have been in lots more pain since and pretty much unable to speak.

I went to bed early last night and felt almost okay until I was woken up when Andrew came to bed. The ibuprofen was hardly touching the pain and I also felt very feverish indeed. I was absolutely miserable but did manage to get back to sleep, until 6:30 when I woke up drenched in sweat but otherwise feeling a little better. I got out of bed, tried to eat something, and thought I was improving until Andrew got up a couple hours later and trying to talk to him didn't work at all and made my throat feel once again like it was being stabbed with tiny daggers. On fire.

So I had to text James and say "you're very welcome here today but I'm sick and can't talk and will be rubbish company." I've missed him and have been looking forward to seeing him but didn't want him to think he'd be getting his usual blathering girlfriend taking him out to lunch when instead he's getting a silent lump under a duvet. He says because of the plan for the cinema tonight he'll still come over this afternoon and I'm going to try to get some more sleep in hopes of seeming a bit more human by then, but I am especially petulant when I'm sick and just had to say it's not faaaaair! and I've been so good this week I want nice things! somewhere first.