Bird Flu

I spent much of the morning yesterday doing a little work. My school is adding a bunch of computer classes to the schedule next fall, and I am helping them figure out what classes to offer.

I felt a little bit tired the whole day. By the afternoon, I was feeling very lethargic. In fact, the more the day went on, the worse I felt. By nightfall, I was in serious pain: head ache, stomach ache, leg aches. The only thing that made me feel better was sitting in the jacuzzi or the steam room at the gym. So I did just that, for hours. But in the end, nothing helped and I staggered home.

So of course what is my first reaction? I'm dying of Bird Flu!

As I lay in bed, my mind played through the "you're dying of bird flu" scenario. What would happen? I sometimes wonder if I will ever be famous, and I realized this was my chance. If I died from Bird Flu, my name would be in papers around the world! Thai newspapers are infamous for putting a picture of at least one dead person on the front page every day, so I imagined what my picture would look like.

I wondered if I could update my website while I was dying. Now that would be interesting, wouldn't it? Probably get me a few more headlines. I don't think anyone has ever blogged from their deathbed, have they?

A couple of hours later, I was feeling so bad I decided to go to the hospital. But the doctor quickly ended my wild imaginings when he told me that I simply had a bacteria in my digestive system. Before I knew it, I was on my way home with 4 medicines in my hand and a 370 baht (US$10) hospital bill.

Luckily, the medicines have done the trick. I spent most of the day today in bed, but ventured out tonight to walk around a bit. I'm still tired, but hopefully by tomorrow I will be back to normal.