recovery rambles

Still ill, though I seem to be pulling into a new phase. The headache and flushed feeling have mostly subsided, still a little achiness, but now in the past several hours my nose has become congested, so that's probably going to drag on for several days. I'm wondering whether the congestion is spring allergies, and whether in fact the whole bout with sickness has been some new awful way for the allergies to start. I'm guessing not, though I'm still not sure what I've been dealing with—flu? cold? I can never remember how to tell the difference. In any case it's gradually spoiled my plans throughout the week. I was at least able to go up to Broadway today to get some groceries—there are other supermarkets closer than that QFC, but I wanted to get some dishcloths from the home goods section, and I had some letters to drop in the mail; really, though, I just like walking on Broadway when I get a chance, and the weather was decent if a bit chilly. I also had a little work to do today, and I was able to focus on that without trouble, whereas in the previous couple days I just felt too worn out to concentrate on a computer screen. I didn't even listen to any music until this evening, that's how worn out I was feeling. I do still need to get to bed soon, as I haven't been sleeping all that well, either. I've awakened a couple times each night drenched in sweat, which feels really nasty as I try to roll over and the cold air chills it. Hopefully that's done with. And hopefully I'll be well enough to do something fun this weekend. I've already bowed out of a "food club" dinner gathering on Saturday with a bunch of friends, on account of not being well enough to prepare something ahead of time—the theme was "green food", I was thinking green tea ice cream and lime sorbet (separately, not one batch), but I would've needed to start that at the beginning of the week—and not being sure I'd be well enough to attend. Maybe I'll just be restful right into next week. Oh yeah, I'm supposed to have a bunch of work drop on me on Friday, maybe I'll just be working all weekend.