Well, I Failed. What Now?

My post-a-day December was going well. Boom, bam, bap, bap, bap, five days, five posts. Then, on the sixth day, it fell apart. Why? A migraine.

The day started out like any other Saturday. I woke up and got my kid up. I ate a little something, took my morning meds, and we were off. He had a school thing he was doing with his mom, and I was going to work.

Work was going well for the first hour or so. Then, I had an appointment cancel on me. Shortly after that, I started to feel funny. Clammy and shaky. At first, I thought I might have forgotten breakfast or something. I get clammy and shaky when I go too long without eating. But I was sure I ate breakfast. By the time I realized it was the beginning of a migraine, it was too late. I was moving as quickly as I could to the bathroom. I almost titled this piece “I Puked at Work Yesterday”. When I got to the bathroom, all the symptoms were there. Light sensitivity, headache, nausea, fatigue. It was a full-blown migraine.

If I don’t catch a migraine before the vomiting starts, there’s really nothing I can do. I can’t keep the pills down. So, I decided to go home and sleep it off. I very slowly made my way to the parking garage. The two security guards in the lobby seemed very concerned. They even asked if they should call an ambulance. Apparently, I looked really ill. I assured them that I was OK to drive. One of them got me a barf-bag, just in case, which was a nice gesture.

I really wasn’t OK to drive, but I made it home safely anyway. I texted my mom to pick up my kid and collapsed into bed. Then, I wore a path from my bed to the toilet for the rest of the afternoon. I didn’t manage to fall asleep until like 10 at night. It was pretty brutal.

One of my first thoughts upon waking this morning was that I’d missed my sixth post of the month. I think I had a pretty good excuse, but I feel guilty about it anyway. It’s not like anyone was counting on my posts or anything, but in all the years I’ve been doing this, I don’t think I’ve missed one before now. I guess there’s nothing to do now but dust myself off and try to finish out the month strong. Maybe I’ll do some bonus posts in January to make up for it. Wish me luck.