Suffering right before Summer Events

It almost feels like I get sick and face allergies every year now.  In past years, I'd normally get sick earlier in the year with some type of flu and then suffer through several days of allergies.  I usually know when I get sick with a fever, feeling cold, and a lot of coughing.  But this time, it was a bit unusual.  I believe it was Monday night that I started to feel a bit dry in the throat on the left side and I thought it might be because I was Yeet Hay (I don't think there's an English word for it).  Essentially, I ate too much food that causes an imbalance my body to react in weird ways.

Throughout Tuesday, I felt my throat feeling worse and the left side of the throat began to feel sore.  By night time, I started feeling my allergies kick in with a runny and congested nose and watery eyes.  Feeling kind of out of it, I went to bed early.  Because of the amount of water I drank that day, I was waking up every hour to go to the bathroom.  Thinking because it was because I was Yeet Hay, I was hallucinating a lot (or feeling half-awake and half-asleep) throughout the night.  I woke up covered in sweat a few times and thought it was strange.  Wednesday, I started feeling particularly worse.  My throat was now sore on the right side instead of the left.  My allergies started to become really bad and I was having a difficult time seeing and breathing.  After suffering another day of ailments, I went to bed early again with the same intense hallucinations while remember one of them this time.  I remember feeling like I was on a pirate ship or some type of vessel out at sea with the waves knocking me back and forth.  I jumped out of bed, covered in sweat again, feeling quite disorientated and feeling like the room was rocking back and forth.  At the very least, I seemed to have slept a bit more peacefully the rest of the night.

Thursday, yesterday, was probably the worst day (and hopefully not today).  I woke up feeling weak and tired, coughed up some thick mucus, my allergies came in full force and the pressure from the congestion was causing the worst pain in my head and eyes.  My allergies and pain forced my to lie in bed quite a few times throughout the day, yet I couldn't fall asleep.  Adding in a bit more frequent coughing, I was really confused with what kind of ailment I could possibly be facing.  I didn't have a fever and I wasn't bedridden, yet I felt miserable.  Finally reaching midnight, I got into bed hoping to fall asleep and hoped all the pain in my head and eyes would be gone by the next morning.  It took a while, but I managed to fall asleep only to wake up to myself coughing uncontrollably.  The amount of mucus that flowed back down my system has caused an unpleasant irritation with my breathing which causes me to cough the phlegm out.  Trying to deal with it and working to fall back asleep, I'd wake up a few times from the coughing.

This morning, it feels like the worst is over.  I feel exhausted and sore from the pain I was enduring and the amount of coughing I was doing.  Allergies seems to have died down a bit, but I'm still feeling a slight reaction with itchy nose and eyes, semi-watery eyes and sneezing.  Coughing seems to be the worst today though, possibly because the body is trying to expel the rest of the phlegm still stuck.  I'm not sure if I was unlucky to have both illness and allergies attack me both at once or be grateful that I only had to suffer a few short (well, it felt extremely long) days rather than be sick and then suffer through allergies like I have in the past.  I'm just hoping I make a speedy recovery and be able to finish my latest remix before June 18th because I know I'll be playing a lot of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night when it releases.  I'll certainly be distracted by E3 news this upcoming week as well.

Certainly a lot to look forward to the next 3 weeks: E3, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night releases, Super Neptunia RPG releases, and Steam Summer Sales.

Good progress, but not enough

I wanted to use the time in May to work on and finish a new remix I had planned out already and to spend a bit more time on games to work on my backlog so I can cycle in some new games before my pre-orders start coming in the next 3 months.  Getting the remix started was a small bit of trouble.  It always is when I'm starting with nothing and having to build the basis for the track and trying to remember what I wanted the remix to sound like while working on it.  But once I got the main parts down, filling in the rest of it was a lot easier.  Despite the time I put into the work, I'm only about 50-60% done.  I was hoping to finish by the end of the month, but that seems highly unlikely now since I want to do a bit of house work the next few days before my mom comes back from her trip.  The remix is coming along nicely, but I have a lot more work to do before it's even close to finish and definitely going to bleed into a good portion of June before I finish.  I still have a lot of work I want to finish before I fully update my portfolio and start applying for jobs again with it, so it's got me a bit worried.  It especially has me worried since June is approaching.  E3, Steam Summer Sales, Summer Games Done Quick, EVO and a few pre-ordered games are going to be impeding on my focus and productivity throughout the Summer as it usually does.  Still, I'm looking forward to all those things this year and feel pretty excited that it's almost time for them.

In terms of completing games this month, I managed to get through a whopping 10 games!  Unfortunately, they were all on PC with the exception of one being a mobile game.  I wanted to focus a bit more on console games this past month so I can delete some games on my PS4 to free up space for the new games coming in the next few months (I really hate how data is managed and stored for PS4).  I got back on my PS4 last night to try to get through more of Uncharted 4 since it's taking up 63 GB and Lapis x Labyrinth released today.  Looking through a game guide, I'm only halfway through the game.  On the bright side, I finished a good portion of my priority list on PC and am close to ready to cycle in a new batch.  There are a LOT of games I want to play next on PC and so the next list of games is a bit intimidating.  Even with the semi-extra time I've spent on games this past month, I feel like I'm still not putting enough time into them.  There just doesn't feel like there's enough time in the day to do everything.  Last month, all my time was spent on reading and working.  This month, all my time was spent working and getting through backlog games.  There isn't time for other things I want and NEED to do.  I miss watching animé.  It's been a long time since I've had time to sit down to just watch a show and relax (other than watching High Score Girl with my sister when I got back from Japan earlier this year).  I couldn't help it and watched the first episode of Wataten yesterday.  It's......weird to say the least, but it's filled with cuteness and humor.  In terms of what I NEED to do, it's exercise.  Taking the time out of the day to exercise is a lot more than one would think until you start releasing how much less time is taken out for everything else you do in the day.  I did some walking every now and then this past month, but I need actual cardio.

I'm not sure what's in store or planned these next 3 months, but I'm hoping to get some work done along with all the fun that I'll (hopefully) have.