Spent the past few days in bed sick with some sorta cold/flu/pneumonia precursor. It’s been getting worse as the week went on, until finally I went into school Friday morning and was told by several classmates that I looked like death warmed over. The Chef told me to go home, as I was not fit for working in a kitchen. So I came back home and slept for like, 9 hours or so. I only left the house once to go buy orange juice and some bread for toast.
Saturday I went in to set up the kitchen. I really did not feel up to it, but we were having a substitute instructor and I didn’t want to miss two days in a row. As soon as the ovens and grill started to heat up I knew it was a mistake to be there, and the Chef came in and quickly agreed. He said not to worry about the makeup though – he usually does the PM shift and told me I could come in one night and do prep for him.
I’m feeling a bit better today, but still coughing a bit and my head hurts. My sinuses aren’t clogged, but I am sneezing some. I get like this almost every year it seems – my body isn’t ready for the change in seasons or something. The wife is coming up to “take care of me” (which includes making comments on my lack of housekeeping.) 🙂