I've been MIA because I've mostly been sleeping.

I've been MIA because I've mostly been sleeping.  I'd scheduled a COVID test for last week but then felt better for a day and canceled it.  I guess that was dumb because by that evening I felt bad again.  I have another test scheduled for Tuesday and I'm keeping that appointment no matter what.  I'm feeling "off" in a big way - unlike anything I can recall and that scares me.

The headache I get is so weird.  It's near the top of my head, and unlike any other headache or migraine I've ever had.  I used to live with smokers so sinus headaches are familiar to me.  I had tension headaches a lot when I had a heavier class load.  I was getting migraines pretty bad for a while there, and it's not that.  I don't know what it is, but it takes several Tylenol to even dull it.

The other thing that is happening is that I feel like I have a fever - I get really hot, have chills, sweat, all of that, but the thermometer is reading normal.  I don't understand that at all.  And then there is the sleepiness.  I've only been awake for a few hours at a time for the last two days.  Emotionally, I feel ok, so it's not depression sleeping.  And my body doesn't feel that I'm oversleeping because I'm not getting sleep hangovers.

Whatever it is I haven't been productive and I need to be.  I found out that I made a 2.5 on my last quiz, so my class still isn't going well.  I talked to a friend who used to teach and they said that extra credit for one person was frowned on, so I don't want to ask the teacher for extra credit.  It doesn't feel fair to me to do that, anyway.  Shaun said that life wasn't fair to me this semester, but I feel that is just how life goes.  He's really pushing me to email my teacher to try to find a way to pass, but I don't know what I would say to her that I haven't already.  She knows I've been going through things.  She's letting me take my last two quizzes and final at DSS.  She gave me a few extra days before Exam 2.  I wasn't ready for it and there was honestly no way to catch up on a month's worth of math in a few day's worth of time.  I can't think of anything else that would be reasonable to ask her to do for me.

Anyway.  I'm off to feed my animals and clean a couple of litter boxes before I crap out again.  I already feel myself getting sleepy.  I hope you all are doing well and staying safe.