Sick Week
Posted February 24th, 2008 by Howard TaylerI fell ill Monday afternoon. It cut my workday short. For the rest of the week I tried to muscle through it, propping myself up with piles of Vitamin C, caffeine, cold medicine, and mid-day sleep.
I’m still wiped out. I managed to get a very small amount of work done during my six-day work week: two pages of Bonus Story, and 2/3 of a week of comics. I’m grateful for the buffer. Here’s hoping the coming week goes a little better. I really, REALLY need to finish the Bonus Story and cover for The Teraport Wars so we can start printing books (and, by extension, selling books and paying the bills.) What I failed to get done, in spite of some aggressive convalescing on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, was get better. It’s frustrating, because usually any task I devote half a day to gets finished.
On a semi-related (and cross-posted from the Nightstar forum) note, We are very, very close to the end of Book 9: The Body Politic, which will draw to a close on Thursday the 28th. Book 10: I’d better Hurry Up And Name This Thing Or People Will Start To Suspect That I Make This Crap Up On The Run begins on Friday, February 29th… the day I turn 40.
Is it coincidence that Book 10 begins on the 10th Leap Day since my birth? Is there numerological significance to it? There MUST be…. otherwise I’m not just making this crap up on the run, I’m getting infernally lucky at the same time.
Enough of that. I’ll post more “wall-o’-postcards” updates, along with a link to this week’s Writing Excuses sometime Monday morning. For now, however, I’m chugging some Nyquil and going to bed.
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February 24th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Huh. I thought you didn’t do caffeine. Or alcohol, which Nyquil has.
Well, learn something new every day I guess.
Try sniffing the Tiger Balm, like it was Vapo-Rub. That ought to clear the old head, at least for a few moments.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:02 am
I guess I’m lucky that I can basically go into a state of hibernation for about 26-30 hours and come out the other side feeling vaguely human.
That and inhaling as much spicy food as possible.
“Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.”
February 25th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Feel better Howard.
And on the subject of dos and don’t s, we do use medication that does contain alcohol, we just don’t use alcohol as a beverage, we normally don’t use caffeine, but again, it also part of some medications. You see the trend, however “medical” marijuana does NOT fall under these rules.
Also, be careful using Tiger Balm as vapo-rub, it can irritate the nasal membrains as well as be rather harsh on the throat. Still, it is great for strains and bruises. Whatever you do though, DO NOT GET IT IN YOUR EYES!!! Man, even the memory of it stings.
OF course Mom always was right with, Chicken Soup! I hear it can even cure cancer.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Get well – We’re all looking forward to “IbHUANTTOPWSTSTIMTCUOTR” – but I’ll stick to calling it ‘Book 10′ until you get a better name…
And I’ll try and send that postcard real soon now!
February 25th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Parkway Says:
“IbHUANTTOPWSTSTIMTCUOTR”
…sounds like Dehaan’s last words.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
For the record, Nyquil is only 3 or 4 percent alcohol these days. In the late 80s, the stuff was 25% alcohol. That’s 50 proof, in beverage terms. Stronger than beer, stronger than wine, about the same as the more wimpy distilled spirits.
Why do you think the stuff comes with a little plastic shot glass on the top of the bottle? Sure, they CALL it a ‘measuring cup’, but we know better…. ;-)
February 26th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Indeed — there’s a reason why I can’t *use* NyQuil (bad alcohol
“allergy”, AKA “The Curse of Native-American Genes” :P ).
As I heard it once: “”You ever wonder why the commercials show
people sitting in bed when they take it? That’s a hint. ‘May cause
Drowsiness’? Try ‘May put you into a coma — Thank You, The People
from Vicks’. NyQuil — the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing,
aching, stuffy-head, fever, how-in-hell-did-I-end-up-on-my-kitchen-
floor medicine.” :)
February 26th, 2008 at 1:44 am
True, kelestra, but doing *NYQUIL* shots??! *bleargh* If they could make it taste more like Diet Mountain Dew; well, it’s a whole ‘nuther story!
February 26th, 2008 at 2:28 am
Heh. Makes me think of a “Flaming Homer/Moe”.
Aaand I just got the “Flaming Homer” pun.
Howard: In light of the hints you dropped in Writing Excuses episode 2, I suggest Mercenary Work Means Always Having To Ask “What’s The Worst Thing That Could Happen?”
February 26th, 2008 at 4:27 am
Fuzzybeard, Why would you drink DIET Mountain Dew? Where’s the fun if there’s no sugar buzzz.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Heh. Rereading my own post up there makes me think of that bit in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (fourth season, I think) where Willow says “Oh, that’s what that song was about!”
February 27th, 2008 at 2:34 am
WEKM, because I am Type II Diabetic. :)