I just had a rough week.
I’m not sure if it has anything to do with I’ve been handling myself
this past month, but this has been the most ill I’ve been in years. I realized that I haven’t posted an entry on
this blog since the beginning of the year, so I decided to relax a bit today as
I recover.
Last Wednesday, I had a dry throat and thought it was just
from eating pizza for lunch. I drank
some more water and didn’t think too much of it. Thursday morning, I woke up still with a dry
throat and I started having allergies.
It had been raining all week long and that Thursday was finally a bright
and sunny day. That means pollen and
spores would spread throughout the air.
I had itchy eyes, nose, and even inside my ear was itchy. My eyes were watering, my nose was runny, and
was sneezing like crazy. I was thinking that
maybe I’m just going through allergies. I
didn’t feel that great. “At least I’m
not coughing like I was back in November and December.” I started coughing that evening. “At least I’m not bedridden.” That night, I felt really cold when sleeping
and when I woke up, I realized my whole body was covered in sweat. “Maybe I really was sick and not just
allergies?” Friday morning, I felt weak
and tired. After breakfast, I couldn’t bear
to be out of bed anymore. My legs were
shaky walking up and down the stairs, my skin and hair were sensitive and in
pain, I felt cold, and I started coughing more.
I was bedridden the entirety of Friday except for eating. At that point, I felt like I needed to learn
to shut my mouth and stop jinxing everything.
Saturday, I woke up feeling like I had a bad hangover. My body was sore. My head was pounding and I kept coughing up phlegm. The more I coughed, the worse my headache
got. I eventually ate a Motrin pill and
the pounding pain dissipated and came back later that night as a mild pain. Sunday was showing signs of recovery as I
didn’t have as much pain all over my body, but I still dealt with
coughing. I’m still coughing, but not as
frequently.
I don’t know if this was a sign that I’ve been pushing
myself too hard with exercise and work this month, but I feel like I don’t want
to slow down the momentum I’ve been having.
I’m doing quite well with my workouts, though I wish to improve more on
exercise for cardio, weight loss, and muscle toning. In terms of work, I had finished 2 remixes
and was almost done with the third one right before I got sick. It feels nice to be so productive. I spent most of January planning out my work
for the year while trying to get through some games. I was able to complete 16 games in January! I don’t think I’ll be able to finish any
games these next two days, so I only completed 6 games in February. I’m surprised I even completed so many in
January when I spent nearly 40 hours on one game (VA-11 HALL-A, which I will
eventually talk about soon).
I was focused on my remixes and planning out my work for the
next few months. If I wasn’t working, I
would be playing Fire Emblem Heroes on iPad and Nioh on PS4.
I want to stay focused on my work and turn it into what I’ll
eventually do in the videogame industry, but I also can’t stop worrying about
my health. I still keep having small
pains around my chest and abdomen while suffering from headaches (this is even
before I got sick the past week). I don’t
know if my poor vision on my left eye or my teeth bunching up is affecting
anything, but those are things I should get checked out as well. Nothing for me to do except get another
medical checkup. Otherwise, I just got
to push forward and do what I need to do.
