I have been awake for over an hour, but the boyflame is fast asleep, and my pet bird, Zephyr, who is usually crying to be let out of his cage at this time of day, was silent this afternoon. I lifted his cage cover and after long minutes of being mostly unresponsive to me he tried to bite me through the cage. Grumpy. So, since he is so sleepy and obviously miffed at having his cover removed (even though it's 3pm here), I recovered him, turned out the lights, and am now restlessly shifting in my computer chair. I don't like being silent and stuck in one place at the beginning of the day. I'm hungry, but making food would wake the bird again. My apartment is a mess, but I cannot clean it yet with the boyflame asleep. And no, the mess is not his. He was neat and organized before I met him. Now 99% of the clutter and mess in the apartment is my doing, so I don't think it unfair for me to be the one who cleans the apartment. I generally don't touch his stuff. We do our own loads of laundry as well.

You would think me sleeping in until 2pm would alleviate the worry of waking anyone. But we're all night owls here, except my job keeps me from being able to completely live the night lifestyle, since at least half my shifts necessitate me waking up at 8am, which, yes, is early for me.

My muscles are sore and my head is foggy. I have to get up early for work tomorrow, so already I feel like my day is half gone and I haven't even had a sip of water yet or accomplished anything other than reading the Winternet news headlines and catching up on my BPAL. I feel dehydrated but what I want most is a mug of tea, and that will only dehydrate me more.

Why do I feel like dren? My ears are plugged, my sinuses blocked, and my breathing labored due to this frelling cold I can't shake. I have now had these symptoms (congestion of sinuses, ears, and lungs) for over a year. I have only been able to afford visiting a doctor once, who said it was an ear infection and gave me a prescription strength decongestant and a bottle of antibiotics that did absolutely NOTHING. I have never had to deal with any kind of physical weakness for so long and it seems to be putting my life on hold.