My turn to be sick too

[Lindsey]

I feel so terrible. Today should be my first day back at work after my holiday. I think from the second I stepped off the plane Friday night in Edmonton, I had a cold. My head was stuffed up and it's been that way ever since. Saturday when I got back here, I went for supper with Kyle and fell asleep at his friend's house by 9:00, while the tv was blaring with ufc fights and the room was full of shouting men. Today I had planned on getting some grocery shopping and laundry done, but I ended up coming home, having a shower, putting on sweats and sitting on the couch all day. My eyes were so blurry by 4 this afternoon, I had to take out my contacts. I got into bed at 11 and read until 12. I tried to sleep but I was soooo hottttttt, and I was so stuffed up I couldn't breathe. At 1 I got a frozen water bottle that had been thawing in the fridge. I drank some and rolled the cold bottle all over my body to cool off. Still couldn't stop sweating. By 3, I was alternating between shivering and sweating. I took some tylenol, hoping it would calm my fever and knock me out. It's time for me to start getting ready for work, and I'm still hot, and I still haven't slept for one second. I just emailed our receptionist saying I won't be in this morning but I'll try for the afternoon. I don't know what I can do to fall asleep. I can't remember the last time I had a fever at all.