well, that explains it

Started feeling poorly last Thursday. Tested on Friday, negative. Kept getting progressively yuckier, felt all weekend as though I had just run a marathon and also that someone was scraping my esophagus with a grapefruit spoon. Extreme lethargy. You know, do a task and have to take an hour nap after. My house is in disarray because I just could not clean. Anyway. All very similar to what I had in January 2023.

This morning I realized I could not smell two things that usually gross me out: the dog's breath and the cats' food.

Yep. Tested positive for COVID and am at home hunkered on the sofa. Tired from just barely moving.

Bound to happen sooner or later. For me, it's the throat that's just killing me. Regular colds tend to go for the throat on me anyway, but this? It hurts so bad when I swallow, when I cough, when I clear it. Wahhhh.

I have to say, this year is starting off rather lousy. Okay, byeee!