Negative progression, cute corner, not top

So I am at home today after sleeping in until almost 8:30 which is unheard of in my world.  It is the end result of the now approaching week long ailment that started off with an irritating but presumed innocent sporadic dry cough early last week.  As last week progressed the coughing worsened but I still felt functional enough, I was going to the gym and performing my normal routines.

Well over the weekend the coughing got worse to the point it was going on most of Friday and Saturday night waking me up endlessly both nights.  In addition head congestion has worsened as my nose is getting close to the raw point from excessive tissue usage.  Lack of energy and and overall tiredness has also been my state of being for most of the weekend as well.  Last night I noticed the glands in my neck were tender and swollen which typically means the body is dealing with some sort of infection.  If I would go to a doctor I have no doubt a pack of antibiotics would be thrown at me. But at least for now I am trying to ride it out and let my body beat back whatever is assailing it naturally.

Despite my feeling shitty I still did try to get some stuff done this weekend.  One of those things was the kitchen corner cabinet.  My part of it was pretty minor as all I did was cut and attach the kick plate to the piece. Cindy finished the countertop with two glaze coats which left it looking almost like a mirror since it was so shiny.  On Sunday she totally reorganized the kitchen, utilizing the new found storage space to shift things around in a way that will make her kitchen time more productive.

On Saturday night since I was feeling shitty we didn’t even talk about going to the movies.  Instead we watched Non-stop which had shown up in the mailbox during the day.  It was a great action flick that had you going from start to finish.  I’d actually give an A-.  It’s too bad Liam Neeson didn’t figure out he was good at action movies until later in life.

On Sunday any endurance training was totally off the table, for me at least.  Instead we mostly tended to things around the house with a mid-morning coffee/errand run.  One of those stops was to Rural King.  I was returning the big bag of cedar shavings that we bought for chicken bedding.  For some odd reason I decided to look up if cedar shavings were ok for chickens AFTER I bought them.  The answer I got was a resounding NO so we swapped it out for the regular dried pine shavings we have been using.  I’m glad I checked.  Cindy got her endurance training in late in the day with and hour long run around the back yard.  That is a LOT of laps.

Sunday evening I took in the Eagles game.  It was against the Seahawks, last years Super Bowl champion and one of the elite teams in the NFC this year once again.  A few times this year the Eagles have played “elite” teams in their conference.  For the 3rd time in four tries they proved they are not up to the task.  The game was not nearly as close as the 24-14 final score.  The Seahawk defense absolutely smothered the Eagles, holding them to their lowest yardage ever since Chip Kelly took over. It was pretty embarrassing.  I turned off the game feeling much the same way I did when the Packers destroyed the Birds a few weeks back.  The Eagles are good but they aren’t great.

Today I hope to at least get some stuff done while trying to recover.  Did I mention I hate feeling sick?