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So, Tuesday to Wednesday were not my salad days.

By later afternoon Tuesday I began suffering G.I. distress, and by that I do not mean my World War II veterans were having a bad day but that my lower colon had decided that it had lots of material it no longer required and that it would be expediting removal.

 The last few hours at my day job witnessed frequent and prolonged visits to what the brits call ‘the water closet’ with my tummy giving rumbling accompaniment.  I finished my shift, came home to a light supper and a pleasant evening, if not comfortably, with my Sweete-Wife. The evening was slightly marred by the Late Show with Stephen Cobert going on vacation for the week. (Dude, you’re going forever in May, stop taking vacation days.)

By later evening I began to feel flush, my ears burned and my head started throbbing. I texted my manager to let her know I was feeling unwell and may miss work the next day.

Yup.

I awoke Wednesday morning to a migraine, possibly intensified by the rainy weather that had moved in, and a lower G.I. tract that insisted I move not very far from any available restroom. I called in sick, which I hate doing, and slept for a total of 9 1/2 hours. The prolonged sleep dried my eyes out and even with drops my eyesight remained less than optimal the entire day.

By the end of the afternoon the digestive issues seemed to have passed, mostly. whichever bug caused them seems to have moved on to browner pastures, and the migraine responded to medication, which relieved the pain but left me lightheaded.

Wednesday saw no day job work performed, no writing work completed, and no joy in the horizon-to-horizon grey rainy clouds which now cover San Diego like a shroud.