It?s shortly after lunch here in Pitt and I am suffering from a seriously nasty headache. When we broke for lunch, I hauled my ass downstairs and bought some Advil as I needed to counter the effects of the headache. I think it?s the first time I?ve ever had the sweats from my head hurting so bad. I went to the bathroom, washed up, drank some water along with the pills, and now it seems the headache is beginning to ease off. Why do I have a headache? Nothing short of plain old Coke addiction.
Yesterday, my stomach was bothering me so much that I just flat out decided to stop drinking Coke while I was on this trip. So, for the remainder of the day, and the entire evening, I didn?t drink any. I got up this morning with a mild headache and then by midway, it was pounding. This is the side effect of not having a continuous source of caffeine in my system. Although the headache is bad, the stomach issues, as well as the bad gas that sometimes comes with it, have not resurfaced. Since I did not have access to any headache pills to noon, I did drink one can of Coke and it tasted horrible. Not sure if it?s me or just a bad can, but I am going to try and do my best to stay off it until I get home.
The fact that I feel like shit in the first place could be attributed to this, or it could be the fact that I am just tired, and really just want to be home. I was hoping that I would be able to call it a day early today, but it looks like it may in fact run longer than our days here have been because of a meeting we will be attending. Right now, I just want to go back to my hotel room and sleep. I feel like shit and do not want to be out. But, alas this is part of the job. I am being paid to be here and therefore I must suffer through any ails I may encounter while here. Sucks as that may be, I know that tomorrow I will be on a plane heading back to Moncton where I can sleep in my own bed, with my wife & cats, and just enjoy being home again.
I wrote most of that on my lunch hour. I went the rest of the day without the headache but have returned to my room where I bought a bottle of Coke anyway. Fuck it. I dont feel like dealing with pain today.
Tamara has gone out for supper and I’m wishing I could get a hold of her just because I haven’t talked to her since Tuesday. Yes, I am a sap and I’m fine with it.
Tonite, we’re going to The Matrix which is some club that is having XXX night. Should make for an interesting evening. Details to follow this weekend when I finally get home.
