Thursday I woke up feeling like i just couldn’t wake up.  Feeling fairly hungover, actually.  Was is that soda (Cherry 7Up- yum!) I had shortly before bed?  I’ve experienced sugar hangover before, and maybe that’s what it was.  But the feeling never wore off, not even after the usual amount of time (and coffee) my brain/body require to wake up in the morning.  My head and lower back ached, only slightly, too. 

By dinner time I realized that maybe going to bed super-early would help the situation.  You will understand how seriously I felt about this when I tell you I went to bed at 9:30, when I knew Project Runway was coming on at 10.  Yes. 

I expected to feel great the next day, but woke up still feeling … not awesome.  I’d almost prefer a few days of actual sickness, which would justify sleeping all day.  But instead, I’ve felt stuck in not-awesomeness for several days now.  And just when I think it’s gone, and that after I’ve really “woken up” for the day, I realize it’s not gone. 

Steph told me about an old home remedy she read about:  Before bed time, dip a pair of socks in cool water.  Soak your feet in really warm water for fifteen minutes or so, then pull on the wet socks.  Put a pair of warm wooly socks over top, and go to sleep.  I tried it.  Not sure if it helped at all, but it was less weird feeling than I expected. 

And I’ve really stepped up the preventative measures:  plenty of water, the occassional nap, vitamin C, neti pot-ing and gargling salt water (flushes bacteria from the nose/throat), and now have really gone full-force by sprinkling (2!) sliced-up raw garlic cloves over my lunch, and then drinking a cup of cider spiked with a generous amount of ginger and a bit of honey and lemon.  Intense. 

Now i’m sipping more water, working (well, I was at least) and wishing there was time for a nap, and hoping that out of all that, something kicks in and brings me back to normal soon.