Blog of Bermanism

It seems that I’m sick again, which is amazing because I’ve been sick more times in the last 10 months than in the prior five years combined. The 10 month time point coincides almost perfectly with Sasha’s arrival into our lives. Kids are great at picking up any germ they come in contact with, amplifying it, and then spreading it throughout their household. Though, for some reason, I’m the only one who gets the illnesses. Rachel somehow has a Matrix immune system and is never sick. I’m jealous.

Anyway, this latest bought seems to have occurred like this. I had a massive allergy attack for a few days, but being that I never have allergy attacks anymore and I just got back from a ski trip, I wasn’t sure if it was a cold or allergies. So, I did what any good citizen would do and ignored it. The allergy attack (due to oodles of blooming trees around the bay area, thanks to all of our rain) turned into a full blown sinus infection. The sinus infection, which weakened my immune system, allowed me to pick up the flu, which I think I just got over since my achiness is gone and I’m starting to feel like I have energy again (or it could be the Advil). Anyway, I took a sick day yesterday, which was a good call since I had the concentration ability of a dead ant, and it kept me from infecting the rest of my lab, which was also good (and a courtesy that they don’t often return).

So, I’m starting to wonder if I’ve consigned myself to a lifetime of getting sick by having a child. This may, in fact, be my reality for the next few years, but I’m sure things will improve once Sasha has a fully developed immune system.

I’ve also been pushing myself pretty hard over the last few months, trying to wrap up a few things at work. I always get sick when I push myself too hard, which forces me to rest, but not in a relaxing I’m-glad-I-rested-today kind of way. But more of an I’m-glad-I-rested-today-because-my-head-would-have-imploded-and-I-would-have-been-resting-for-a-long-time kind of way. Forced rest is never the right kind of rest. Maybe I should take more relaxing vacations. Anyway, I’m on the mend, but I’m getting very tired of getting sick.

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