"It's like being on a boat...but never leaving land!"

I've been suffering from a cold since last Thursday or Friday. I really thought I was over it by Sunday. But it flared up again yesterday morning. I woke up at 5:45 yesterday morning, but decided to go back to sleep for a few minutes. I noticed when I rolled over, I felt funny.

My alarm went off at 6:15. I got out of bed and immediately had to hold onto a book case because my balance was that off. I didn't feel good at all. I was very tired, even though I got a lot of sleep the night before. But yesterday was a good day despite the scratchy throat, and being off balance. I got to give a presentation- and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm glad I was invited to give that presentation and that I got to do it. I had to cancel it a couple of weeks ago because I caught the stomach bug that was going around.

I came home last night, and all I wanted to do was go back to bed. I struggled to get through everything I wanted to finish before I went to bed. Finally, I finished around 8:30, and I was ready to call it a day. I woke up this morning at 5:44 (funny, right?) and went back to sleep until 6:15. Again, my balance was off. I noticed as I went about my morning that it didn't matter if I was sitting or standing, it would still occur. I have felt kind of "out of it" the last couple of days. It's like my math skills went out the window and I lost any kind of speaking skills at times- or so it seems.

For me, it is one of the worst feelings a body can experience. It's like being on a boat, but never leaving land. That is the best way I can describe it, if you have never experienced it. Sometimes nausea accompanies it, but it wasn't as often today. Since I'm still feeling under the weather, and I had the afternoon off, I did come home and take a nap.

I had my worst off-balance experience when I rolled over to fall asleep this afternoon. It was a huge wave of it, and then smaller waves occured. I just clutched the blanket and hoped it stopped soon. I took about a 2 hour nap. I woke up still exhausted, but feeling better than I had in a couple of days. I was able to finish my research for my current paper that is due on Friday, and even wrote the paper. It is now finished, and I am so excited that I finally got it done. That says a lot, considering I haven't had any motivation since I came down with this cold on Thursday or Friday.

Now I just need to start another paper for another class, which I should finish this weekend, and then start the next project for that class as well. Other than that, just recovering from this cold and taking it easy this weekend.