Bleah

I'm sick. I am a pretty lousy sick person, all whiny and sniffly and cranky, so just consider yourselves forewarned.

I got sick because I was forced to overextend myself right as flu season is hitting full swing. See, first I stayed out too late Saturday night. (OK, that part I wasn't forced to do.) I was stressed out about something that was happening Monday at work, and I needed to blow off a lot of steam. I spent Sunday trying without success to recuperate.

Then, Monday night, we went to Tina Turner at Phillips Arena with a group of clients. While we had a blast, this caused me to stay out later than I otherwise would have on a weeknight. The next day, I had to be at the office early because of a mediation.

That mediation, which we expected might be over as quickly as lunchtime, instead lasted until after 11:00 pm last night. Much to I think everyone's surprise, the case actually resolved at the very last minute. This is a great result for the client (less so on a personal level for me, who really wanted to try the case), but it meant I was explaining the ramifications of it all to clients until the wee hours.

And then today, after getting to bed well after midnight, I had to be here bright and early again for a meeting. I've been a walking zombie all day no matter how much caffeine I mainline, and now I've picked up the illness a coworker developed yesterday. I had to go be social at a luncheon full of lawyers, and I have a million things to do today, and I got sick. It sucks.

I'm going home and taking a nap. Waaaaaah.