concerts, sickness, and more concerts

tuesday: rock in uvu with the brobecks, story of the year, and the bravery
the 3 or so songs i heard of the brobecks were amazing as usual. i'm sad i had to work and ended up missing most of what they did. i also missed ludo, which i was bummed about.
story of the year was okay. i'm kind of glad my tickets were free, actually. it was mainly just fun to watch the moshers and crowd-surfers.
the bravery was actually pretty awesome. i didn't realize how many of their songs i knew and they sounded amazing. i will definitely go see them again.
wednesday: got an ear infection. got antibiotics today. woot. 3 visits to the doctor's office in 3 weeks. let's see if i can go for 4. i also think i only need 2 more illnesses until i have a "disease BINGO!" yay! maybe my prize will be ebola.
friday: grand kerfuffle with augustana, hellogoodbye, and shiny toy guns
i missed augustana which i'm way mad about, but i heard they weren't actually that good. hellogoodbye was decent. it's hard to enjoy any music when you're just getting pushed and shoved. shiny toy guns were amazing. i will certainly go to their concert next time they're out here.

you're not fooling anyone

okay, haha. i get it. the joke's on me. very good. now, would all viral rna please vacate my body asap?

this so sucks.

you've got to be freaking kidding me

i was so good all winter long. i didn't get sick at all. i managed to avoid all the bronchitis, flu, pneumonia, and strep that was going around. i was so proud of myself for having the sense to get the flu vaccine.

WHAT THE HECK WENT WRONG?!?

now i have officially had TWO of the above diseases in the past WEEK. disease number 2: flu. so much for that painful day. GAH! now i just have to wait to be infected with pneumonia to complete the perfect trifecta of contagious diseases. i'd much rather get it over with now than later, so feel free to come cough on me at the pharmacy this week.

my white blood cells are going to get a stern talking to as soon as i can swallow something more than a popsicle.

attack of the streptococcus bacteria

the humidifier runs quietly in the background. the smell of vicks vapo-rub permeates the room.

they are coming.

they come on silent wings, flying swiftly, taking aim at their target. and then they land.

unbeknowest to them, the target has taken precautions. the army lines up, ready for battle.

the two sides take a brief pause to size each other up.

and then the war begins.

the bacteriophages are far outnumbered, but they have a secret weapon.

fight! fight little azithromycin molecules! fight because the life of your host depends on it! this is your calling! this is what you were made for! do not fail me!

and so the battle rages on.

....to be continued.

i'm going down swinging

well, it finally happened. those nasty little germs that have been flying past me left and right for the past 2 months finally hit their target.

i'm sick.

and it sucks. every year for the past 3 or 4 years, i've come home from a spring break vacation only to find myself staring an illness in the face. at least this is better than the year i had to get the lithotripsy to break up Giganto the Kidney Stone. still, having to work three 9-hour days in a row is sounding pretty nasty.

sigh. hopefully my little cough medicine knights will put up a good fight and slay the evil bacteria dragons asap.