So yea.. we were slated for the Blizzard of 2010!! OOH… scary! 20-30″ of the white stuff. I was actually looking forward to this snowstorm… Peter was one of the chosen ones selected to stay in a hotel close to the restaurant so he wouldn’t have to travel – which I preferred because I don’t want him driving in this stuff. So I knew I was on my own this weekend. After my Friday – the last day with the former (and only) designer at my new job. I knew that I had to take in all that she had been in charge of… was it alot? uh yes. Am I overwhelmed? Uh MORE than overwhelmed…. scared is the right word. (In one line – HOW can you run your car efficiently with a broken engine? Like an internal infection.. it wasn’t until ”WE” (Chasens people) came in that the infection started to be revealed. And now we have to go in and recreate the wheel WHILE handing every day business. Kyra/Erica – I SEE it… you have done SO much with what you were given. I don’t know how you did it.)

So I was planning on starting to organize the chaos to try to go in on Monday having a better picture of what has happened and what needs to happen. I was kinda excited to get a better handle.. had my new binder with project tabs …and can log into the network to see what is…

I left at 1:30 to go home and start cause the snow started (and you all know I don’t travel well in this stuff.)  I stopped off at Burger King for lunch so I could settle in Friday afternoon on the couch…I even remember saying to myself that my food tasted weird.. but I disregarded. Tisk Tisk Kerilyn. Within 2 hours my tummy was grumbling and I was having stomach cramps… by 5:30 repeat visits to the bathroom…by 7:30 I did NOT feel well and by 8:30 I was in bed… I lost all my energy.. It took all I had just to go up the stairs and lay in bed. I knew it was food poisoning… from years earlier in Savannah… this felt familiar. In and out of the bathroom for HOURS and having NO energy…just getting out of bed was painful… by 4:30AM I finally got UP what was causing me such yuckyness… (yep.. it was the King for sure) then I was able to sleep for 4 hours straight… Thank Goodness.

It snowed ALL day Saturday – but I wouldn’t of known it.. I slept almost the ENTIRE day. I had NO energy. I had an on and off fever…it hurt to put my hands in my hair.. I didn’t eat anything till evening when all i could get down is soup. I would wake up with a broken fever SOAKING WET. Wow. I probably slept 18 hours. I didn’t talk to Peter much because he had his own stuff going on… (they closed his restaurant and he cooked in another one of the Chef Geoff restaurants) It was also like my brain shut off.. all I could do is get up.. eat soup.. and go back to bed… I couldnt’ even talk.

I woke up this morning… I felt a LOT better. Woke up soaking wet again.. but I felt my brain function back. I still feel pretty weak today. Going up and down the stairs.. I feel a bit shaky.. but I feel better. I called Poison Control today to document this… and she said it probably wasn’t Food Poisoning (WHAT?) she told me it was probably the Norovirus. I read it all.. yep. That was it! (To tell you the truth I don’t care what it was.. all I know is I basically lost an entire weekend.) 

Peters on his way home now.. all I can really do is sit on the couch and watch TV and/or be on my computer. I don’t have a lot of energy to move around much… I have NO idea how I’m getting to work tomorrow or if I should even go. My own personal feeling is I HAVE to go to work.. there is SO much to do! And since I didn’t do anything this weekend.. I am actually behind! Ugh!!! So we’ll see.

If you’re in the area – I hope you weren’t bored too much and were able to have a good time with the snow falling. I look outside and see all my neighbors shoveling their cars out.. I wish I could be one of those out there.. I just can’t. I still don’t have the energy to go outside. I hope if your team is in the Superbowl.. they win (I don’t care too much about Teams)

Let’s just hope this new warning about another 6″ of the white stuff coming in on Tuesday is a farse… at this point I have NO idea when I’m going to catch up on all the work on my plate! (I guess I should just focus on the paycheck… but that’s a post for another time! (No really.. next topic is ‘HOW do I just do “It’s JUST A JOB?”)

So until next time… Stay safe… do NOT eat food that tastes weird to you…and remember….
EVERYTHING (even food poisoning/Norovirus) (Even the things you DON’T understand…) happen for a reason.
Much Love,
Kerilyn

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