streptococcus a.k.a the cause of my misery

why do i feel better when im sick? i mean, i just love it when my throat hurts and my head feels like its being banged with a hammer. why not? it only means one thing…i have a perfect excuse not to come to work! pathetic. but its true. last friday, i was feeling the symptoms. my throat hurts like hell and i can’t help but bark (cough) after every three words that come out of my mouth. but still, no undertimes for me. it was mini-hell. i finished my 9-hour shift which feels like i was being dragged on the streets with a thick rope around my neck. i logged out at 11 and my feet carried me out of the building as fast as it could.

so on my way out geebee texted me. he wanted me to meet him up at wendy’s. i feel like hell, but i go. once at sm, i decided that im as lazy as a pebble under the sun so i texted him to inform him that i will be waiting for him at the entrance. i don’t want any wendy’s for lunch anyway (or maybe…some side salad?). and after a gazillion years of standing at the entrance waiting for him, he texts back with this answer:

geebee: punta ka na dito wendy’s. nakaupo nako. sige na.
me: tangina! kanina pa kita inaantay! wag mo painitin ulo ko! (i can already feel my throat closing in on me)
geebee: sige na lika na dito.
me: uuwi nako! kumain ka mag-isa mo!

and then just like lightning, geebee appears from nowhere. ahhh..the power of nagging. but sadly, he was able to sweet talk me to lunching at wendy’s. yes, i can’t resist that side salad. ammpphh…

but the story doesn’t end there, he was also able to sweet talk me to watching deuce bigalow: european gigolo. it was a pathetic film most-loved by guys. ewee. i slept half way. remember: my throat hurts big-time. after the stupid film, we proceed to the grocery section to purchase stuff for dinner. as expected we debated and argued on what to cook for dinner. i told him im sick of sm and that im ready to faint any minute. he offers to prepare dinner and i felt better. he purchased this mindless snoop dog buckwild vcd of which i nagged him at again (boys will be boys…aarrgghh). on the way home, as a peace offering to all th suffering i had to deal, he rented miss congeniality 2 for me (because i never had the luxury of time to watch it then).

back at home, we had another minor squabble (i tell you, im a war freak animal whenever i feel sick).

but all’s well that ends well. i had a wonderful weekend (plus monday!) amidst the hellish throat and on/off fever. crazy. eccentric. yes ladies and gentlemen, im back to work. my throat’s better. i only have a minor headache now. but my mind’s still in a puddle. i want a better job to bail me outta here. please. god. help. me.

***note: Among the bacteria that cause sore throats, the streptococcus group A is the most common - often known as ’strep throat’. The incubation period between picking up the infection and the disease breaking out is two to four days - sometimes it can be less.