As you read this, you will realize why the complete lack of updates throughout this week. It’s been an extremely hectic week giving me very little spare time to do anything.

The week actually started out nice. On Monday I had phase one of my medical board physical. It was just the basics, including bloodwork, eye exam, dental and hearing exam, but took up most of my morning and part of my afternoon. The next step will be another physical on the 16th, this one with the doctor doing an actual exam.

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Throughout the week, I’ve still been working on getting all my equipment sent to Fort Hood, which means very long days and very little sleep. It’s no wonder after weeks of working 15 hour days and only sleeping 4-5 hours a night that come Wednesday I started getting sick with a really bad cold. I was fine most of the morning, but by lunch I was running a mild fever and was stuffy with a runny nose. By Thursday morning, I had a pretty bad fever and could hardly think straight. Unfortunately, I had a ton of work to do in the morning, though I was finally able to leave work around noon.

I was so sick on Thursday that I actually called my mom to whine about how sick I was. She being the awesome source of home remedies that she is suggested I take a couple shots of whiskey and try to sleep. Since I don’t keep any alcohol in my apartment, I just went with cold pills and sleep, alternately freezing and sweating my ass off thanks to the fever. Not a pretty site. Luckily by Friday the fever was gone and all that was left is this awful hacking cough, kinda like Bronchitis but not as bad, and that’s where I’m still at today.

Unfortunately, I have passed this cold on to Andy. The poor guy has been in the fever stage all day today, alternating between sleeping on the couch and in the bedroom. I feel pretty bad as it seems to be hitting him harder than it hit me. But if his is running like mine, he’ll feel a lot better tomorrow.

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Jeremy called me last night. It seems he and Mindy broke up and she won’t keep Ciyati anymore. With him living in the barracks, he can’t keep her there. I got the feeling when he called that he’s tried pretty much everyone else he knows and no one else will take her, so he asked me to keep her at least until he moves back to Ohio in a couple months. So as of Monday, there will be a cat in the house. Part of me really wanted to tell him no. He hasn’t been very nice to me in the last few months (the few times we’ve spoken) and suddenly he was pleasant as can be on the phone (no doubt because he wanted me to say yes about taking Ciyati). Regardless, I always said I’d take her if he couldn’t have her, so I agreed. I’ve actually kind of missed having her around and was planning on getting a kitten in a couple weeks, so it’s really not a big deal. Although after not having a cat for the last 6 months, I must seriously stock up on allergy pills or else I’m going to have a ton of problems.