Wednesday 8 February 2017

yuck.......

poor little me was sick as a dog last week. last wednesday i hopped on the bike to ride across town and pick up my favorite extra lean ground beef at the butcher and i ran out of energy, almost collapsed. i always stand up and ride as fast as i can for about 10 minutes to get my blood circulating. it's great cardio but on wednesday i just ran out of energy and had to stop. usually the legs get tired or maybe i get a little out of breath but i can keep going.  this kind of scared me.

the next day i got up and quickly got a bad case of the runs. it turned out to be very similar to the preparation for a colonoscopy. i crapped my brains out all day and felt like death warmed over. i had the norvovirus. it's a type of the flu for which there is apparently no vaccine. the upset stomach lasted about 24 hours and then it took a few days to fully recover.

i ate nothing on day one and just had a few bowls of oatmeal the next day. i've never liked beef or most types of meat and now the thought of any greasy, fatty meat sickens me. my new quest is find a good source of protein that doesn't include meat. for now i'll be eating a little chicken and salmon along with the ground beef in the freezer but only in small portions. who knows, in a year or two i might become a vegan.

on a different note, the deadwood marathon ended last night. for the last few years jack langrishe has been my favorite character and it was no different this time. the first few seasons it was e b farnum that made me laugh, then it was jane cannery who brought a smile to my face and now it's jack. i can look at jack and start smiling before he speaks. ian mcshane and brian cox truly do make deadwood shakespeare of the west.

in case anyone isn't motivated to drink a decent amount of water each day, take a look at what happens when the kidneys aren't cleansed daily. after crapping myself silly whilst ill and dehydrating myself in the process, i'll let swearengen be the  angel on my shoulder whispering in my ear, "drink the fucking water!"

billy loves you sons of bitches.

13 comments:

  1. Poor Al. That was painful to watch. Every time. Yikes about the norovirus. I've heard that it really kicks the crap out of you. Feel better.

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    1. i cringe everytime i watch al pass his stones.

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  2. I too got some bug. No fun and wish you speedy recovery.
    Coffee is on

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    1. i know a lot of people with this bug. i need stronger coffee.

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  3. Beans, brother. It's how the west was won.

    Mushrooms are good too, for the protein. Check out Quorn.

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    1. i've got lots of beans and barley. soup in a few days.

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  4. It's a wonder you had the energy to get on a bike with that virus inside you. Quinoa is the latest thing for non-meat protein and it doesn't make you fart as much as beans.

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    1. i picked up a few bags of lentils yesterday, now i have to figure out what to do with them.

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  5. Glad you are feeling better, Mr. Rosewater. That bug made it's way through my house this week and it's definitely no bueno. Take care and Al Swearengen is definitely a man to listen to.

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    1. you must watch john from cincinnati. parts of it rival the big lebowski for making me laugh.

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  6. Glad you're feeling better. Resting up and binge watching the all time leading television show for saying "cocksucker" was probably the perfect medicine.

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  7. the trauma of shitting himself silly has somehow resulted in eliot morphing into butchie yost.

    i'm hoping that a giant pot of bean soup will cause him to fart himself back reality.

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