Stuck At Home

Since the start of the holiday I’ve been stuck at home for the greater part. For the last half week I’ve actually been less agitated about it, mostly because I’m ill. I must have eaten something that disagreed with me, because my stomach hurt badly for a while until the doctor put me on an antacid. It’s still a bit shaky though and I haven’t quite regained my apatite yet.

It’s weird, because in the last few months I’ve fought tooth and nail to ward off an illness and actually succeeded in starting to get ill, but then also not quite on two occasions. When I was at school I practically never admitted I was sick. I could’ve been quarantined with six IV’s and seven scheduled operations, I still would have said that I’m just tired and that I’ll be alright the next day. Some silly kind of bravado, as usually is the case. But since I’ve gotten to university I’ve realized how stupid that attitude is, mostly because I can no longer afford to be sick for two weeks while I “get over it myself”. So now I just surrender and hope it’s early enough for the meds to keep things from getting worse.

I’m not really a sickly type of person, but sustained stresses do take its toll on my body. I’m also not much of a germophobic, but I am more aware of potential “biohazards” than most people. Sometimes I’m just too lazy to be careful. It’s usually then that I get sick.

Wunderseun arrived last week and tomorrow Zaakman is gonna pitch. It’s going to be great to have the guys back together again, despite the fact that everyone has changed so much in such a short time. I’m leaving for Johannesburg on Saturday to go visit Nikki for a while. Looking forward to it, though I’m a bit uneasy with leaving the Cape to go to Jozi (especially in summer time, because they have their rainy season in summer, so potentially less sun on a whole for me this year; not that I’m getting much use out of it now anyway).

Ciao, cheers and goodnight.