Around the time I stopped posting, I caught the flu. The doctor insisted it was the wrong time of year for the flu, but trust me, it was the flu. She called it a flu-like virus. I called it hell.

This is me at work when I was just coming down with it. I felt awful.

This is me the next morning. Fever and completely out of it.

Aches, pains, dry cough, headache, fever, hot and cold chills, night sweats, weakness, and no appetite. I missed an entire week of work. Even when I was on the mend, I would move and break out in a cold sweat. I changed clothes a couple of times per day and woke up at night drenched and had to change.

On the heels of the flu, my coworker quit so I’ve been pulling double duty at work for three weeks. Welcome back. You’ve…