Having not been sick even with a cold for at least 2 years, I'd forgotten how mind numbingly boring it is! After the initial joy of knowing I can sleep in while everyone is working, I realised I had to get up anyway to call work. You know when you feel bad about something, even though you have no reason to? Like, automatically acting suspicious and shifty when you see a police car behind you, even though you haven't been drinking or speeding? That's how I feel when I call in to say I'm sick. I was like "Hey... I'm sick... *nervous laugh*... I can't come to work today... sorry... *cough cough*" all the while thinking, "did that sound fake? I sound totally fake! Why am I thinking this? I AM SICK!!"
Then I went to the GP to get my doctor's certificate. The rest of the day has been spent watching a japanese tv drama called "BOSS" with my mum. Actually one of the best I've seen in terms of production, script and entertainment. It's a bit like a japanese version of 'The Closer" with Kyra Sedgwick but funnier and less irritating. Unlike most japanese dramas, the dialogue is fast paced and witty - NO MONOLOGUES to fast foward through HOORAY! And for a police drama, the gun shooting scenes and explosions aren't too fake (except that every time someone gets shot, it looks like they got shot in the arm but it turns out they actually received a fatal bullet to the heart) (so yeh, I guess it's not that un-fake). Still, japanese dramas are "acute", not "chronic" like western ones, so I'm guessing they have to work on a smaller budget. Anyway, I finished the whole series in one day while eating copious amounts of delicious congee that my mum made specially for lil ol' me.
I think this has been a very bad post with no point or conclusion, much like most of my anecdotes. It may be called "awkwardness" now, but maybe in a few years, it will be known as "personality".
To finish off, I have compiled a list of things I have done recently, so I feel good about what a fulfilled life I am living:
- Day trip to Mt Buller - snowboarding (by the way, today the GP asked me if I felt sore and stiff - a sign of the flu. I hesitated because while I am VERY sore and stiff, it's because I spent Saturday falling on my butt while attempting to snowboard) Definitely want to go again next year though
- Clubbing - for the first time in years. But I had fun. I didn't feel ancient like I thought I would
That is all.