Is it the flu?

As I said in yesterday entry, I slept lousy (if at all) last night. I was either too hot and sweaty or freezing cold. The idea of a fever didn't occur to me then. But, I did make it into work. Since I couldn't eat anything last night, I thought I'd try a few Saltine soda crackers I keep them in my drawer. Not five minutes later, I was running to the john to throw up.

Now throwing up at home is gross enough, but a public john with people coming in and out? I think I better stay home this afternoon. I've been really nauseated since yesterday's lunch (I thought it was a mild case of food poisoning or something). Now I am sure that I have a fever. I haven't heard of any flu going around, but something's tearing my guts up. It might be the H1N1 - I didn't get the shot for that.

I made an attempt at a nap from 1:00 PM from 4:00 PM, but it didn't happen.

I went out to the garage and took off the mower deck. But I was weak as a kitten, so I didn't try to fix it. I just went back inside and laid down at 5:00 PM. I actually slept this time until 6:30 PM. I was disgusted at my lack of performance these last two days, so I went out to trim the back yard. I just got the immediate area around the two patios when it started raining again. So, I put everything away and went back to bed.

Weird part about this flu (or whatever) is if I drink a half a glass of water or more I throw up within 10 minutes. So, I have been trying to only take little sips. That way I throw up every 2-3 hours. But with all this sweating and upchucking, I am worried about getting dehydrated. I know that the muscles around my stomach are so sore I can't lie on my stomach.

I watched TV until 11:00 PM and went to sleep. I still spent a restless night, but this time I was sleeping in between waking up.

What really pissed me off was when the third smoke detector (downstairs) started beeping, indicating it, too was now broke. Talk about planned obsolescence! I got up, pulled the batteries, threw up and went back to bed.