Too much personal information

I'm sick. I had an ear infection / strep throat last month, but I misread the instructions on the antibiotics and took 1 twice a day instead of 2 twice a day (half dose). The antibiotics worked ok for the first few days. I felt well enough to wrap up some client work, and was planning on pushing out the next WACT release last week and the first three days of this week.

Unfortunately, about the time I started wondering why my anti-biotics weren't gone, my strep came back and with a vengeance. I went to the doctor and got a new antibiotic, but this one seems to be very slow acting, or I have some sort of nasty super bug.

I think I must look pretty bad, because no-one seems to want to get near me. Which is a shame. Yesterday was our annual family reunion. I understand that this one went well, adding some live music on friday night in addition to some of the other traditional activities over the weekend. I heard them announce 93 attendees at the sunday dinner. Unfortunately, none of them wanted much to do with me. My cousins did take some pity on me, especially my cousin Sara.

Anybody got a PHP job in Atlanta? Sara lives in Atlanta and I think she would really like it if I moved out there. I'm very tempted. I miss visiting her when she was in Ann Arbor.

So, I am completely and utterly sick of watching TV. My brother finally brought me the John Stossel book and I read it this weekend. I had no idea how much of a libertarian he was. I did enjoy the book and I'll probably post a more complete review. Reading stossel's book has prompted me to finally pick up Atlas Shrugged. I've read the Fountainhead, but have been putting Atlas off for some time.

I've lost almost 10 pounds since I've picked up this nasty infection. I'm Down to 168. Four more pounds would put me below a BMI of 25 and make me skinnier than 60% of the men my age. (Nice BMI Calculator) I was almost shocked to see my face in the mirror today. Gaunt was the first word to come to mind, but actually, I look more like did before hypothyroidism and McDonalds made my cheeks puffy.

I'll end this whining diary entry with that and return you to the normal professional / political content.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 9th, 2004 at 9:30 pm and is filed under Misc. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

7 Responses to “Too much personal information”

  1. Hope you get to feeling better soon. Due to your absence from the WACT list I had a feeling you were either completely swamped by work or under the weather. Get better soon.

    Tried your BMI link and got a response of "Marginally Overweight" myself. Guess I have been taking the kids out to McDonalds a few too many times ;) Went camping and hiking this weekend and hauled a 40 pound toddler around in a backpack for a few miles, but that still does not seem to log off the pounds. I don't think I am inclined to try your route however.

    By Jason on August 10th, 2004 at 6:09 am

  2. Missed this, thanks to relying too much on an RSS reader plus holiday. Hope it's getting better. If TVs getting too much, this might be a read - every I know who's read it has enjoyed it so seems to transcend taste.

    On Atlanta PHP: http://benramsey.com/archive/cat/around_the_community/atlanta_php.php

    By Harry Fuecks on August 12th, 2004 at 4:27 pm

  3. Get well soon!

    By Marcus Baker on August 17th, 2004 at 5:18 pm

  4. what the heck are you about...just happened across your site...get a life dude.

    By Renee on August 25th, 2004 at 5:50 pm

  5. Have you read Atlas Shrugged yet?

    By ryan costa on September 16th, 2004 at 7:04 pm

  6. Any good leads in Atlanta yet? :) I do want you to move down here!

    By Cousin Sarah on February 27th, 2005 at 1:23 pm

  7. P.S. If you tell me what "PHP" means and what kind of job you are looking for, I will work my "connections." (That means aking all of my clients who work in computer related fields.)

    By Cousin Sarah on February 27th, 2005 at 1:27 pm

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