Well, it finally happened. I knew that sooner or later it would. I am sick. Being sick is never fun. Being sick in Afghanistan is even less fun. I have not been feeling well for about a week now, but was hoping that it would just go away. Unfortunately, it just kept getting worse.
Yesterday, I was sitting in my office with the heat on and with 2 shirts, my uniform top, and my fleece on, and I was still sitting there shivering. Anybody that knows me, should know from that sentence that something was wrong. So I decided that after almost 60 days of working non-stop, that I was taking a day off to try and get better. I went to the Aid station last night and saw one of the doctors. They gave me a z-pack and some mucinex. I'm hoping that does the trick. Of course I woke up this morning with my right eye swollen shut, as it likes to do anytime that I have a sinus infection. I took a picture of it, but I will spare you guys from having to look at that. Think "Rocky" at the end of the movie when he is yelling "yo Adrian," minus the blood. Like I said, not pretty. Needless to say, I'm very glad that I was able to take the day off and didn't have to go out in public looking deformed.
The best part of my day off, was that I was finally able to "see" my husband today. We were able to video chat for the first time since I left (Thankfully, my husband has seen the "Rocky" eye before and still loves me). With the time difference between here and Hawaii, it is very hard to accomplish things like that. Not too mention, he has pretty much been travelling since I left for Afghanistan.
It was the highlight of my month.
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