So this entire past WEEK I was sick with the flu. I think it was the swine flu. It started out last Friday – I felt fine that morning except for a bit of a scratchy throat when I woke up. I got a call from my friend Val to go to the mall around lunchtime. We went to lunch and after lunch I really started to feel bad. I could tell I was getting sick but I didn’t realize it was going to be that serious!
By the time I got home 4 hours later I had a 102.3 fever!! I could barely stand up. I had no food in the house so I had to make a mad dash run to the supermarket. I’m sure everyone in the store knew what was up with me – as if the 10 cans of chicken soup, 2 boxes of theraflu, box of asprin, gallon of orange juice, bananas, and loaf of bread didn’t give it away. I bet the guy at the register washed his hands and got the flu shot directly after I came through the checkout line.
Well, it was horrible, and a week later I can say I finally got through the day feeling pretty good. I still get bouts of dizziness/lightheadedness but I’m not nearly as worn out as I was all week. Still got a cough, but that will probably go away soon I hope.
Last night I was feeling well enough to go check out the Raveonettes at the Belly Up. Val did a promotion with them with her company, so she got us in for free. Stoked! Anyway, they put on an amazing show. The only thing was it was so stinkin loud! It was literally painful to stand near the stage, so I had to retreat to the back of the venue to watch the rest of the show. That was unnecessary – I mean you can have it loud, but you don’t have to cause ear trauma. I don’t know how other people were dealing with the volume level. I know I have sensitive ears and I have to be careful, but still! Anyway, the lighting effects were great and they had a ton of energy. What a great show!
The Raveonettes
A few days ago was the first night I could go out of the apartment, although I was still not feeling myself. I went to go see the Encinitas premiere of Modern Collective, another surf movie. This was fun – lots of progressive surfing.
I had really wanted to go see a surf movie premiere at the La Paloma (almost every surf movie worth its salt comes to this theater) and hadn’t gone at all last year when I was in San Diego. Now I’ve seen 2 within one week. Weird how life works.