Fuck you rain

Blurb my brain:
So the other day it was like 40* and pouring rain in my town. Conveniently it was the day after my movers came and took my rain jacket. I went out on my lunch break and went to get something to eat. As I stepped outside, the torrential rain combined with the gust of wind and landed a fat rain drop into my ear. I tried to shake it out but I guess I didn't get it. I am currently sitting with 8 other families in the emergency room. I have the ear infection.

To be fair, I havent had an ear infection since we first got to Germany, 4 years ago. At least I know the warning signs and decided to get to the ER before the pain is unbearable.

All this would be fine and dandy, except I also don't have a voice.

Wednesday (same day as the rain drop incident) I started having a sore throat. By the end of my shift, I sounded like I had been smoking for 20 years. The next morning my voice was gone but I still trudged into work. They had plenty of busy work for me, so I spent 6 hours off the phones. The next day I regained my voice by about half, and I worked the whole day on the phones. By the end of my shift on Friday I felt as though I could never speak again. Then today I woke up and didn't have a voice in any way shape or form. Hard to call in without a voice. But I got to work and the boss sent me home. I went home, slept, got some lunch, saw Madagascar 3, and then went back to sleep.

Cue the ear pain and the decision to go to the Emergency Room.

David says I need to buy a new immune system.

So I am chilling here, face mask (bc of the coughing) which I have deemed the human cone of shame and all. Yay.