I was doing really good with the updates... and then I got sick. I'm pretty sure I know exactly how I got sick, too. I have a friend that is a priest and for the last two years (as long as I've known him) he has tried to convince me to take the communion cup at mass. Now, being a scientist, I have a huge issue with sharing a cup with that many other people. Especially when I see people walk up there every single week coughing away and then moving straight into that cup line. I've heard all the reasons, that wine is used, so the alcohol kills any germs- ha. We're not drinking 151, its a little table wine- not gonna kill much of anything. The fact that they are supposed to wipe were you drank from and then turn the cup for the next person. Again- ha- so I'm going to get the germs from someone about six people in front of me instead of the one directly in front of me. The hearty bugs can live for quite awhile- there's a reason that surgical equipment is sterilized under extreme heat and pressure to kill everything- it's because some of that stuff takes that much to kill it. And of course, the best one is that since after consecration, it is Jesus' blood, it won't get you sick because God wouldn't let you get sick from that. Now, I'm a pretty religious person and I believe that God will help me out and protect me and whatnot, but given all the wars, and famine and natural disasters going on these days, I find it pretty hard to believe that God is going to make sure I don't get Strep from the communion cup.
Unfortunately, I put my better judgement aside on the 9th while I was in Green Bay attending the wedding of my college friend, fondly known as *ucker. (Ah, the days when you could just yell that out across campus and no one even blinked. Now, everyone has kids and such and you have to be very careful who you use that nickname around.) Anyway, the wedding ceremony was very nice. The bride's mother is the personal secretary to the Bishop of the Green Bay diocese. So, he and the other Green Bay bishop, presided over the service. I somehow felt obligated in the midst of all of that to take the cup. Not a good call. As two days later, I started coughing all. the. time. After a miserable few days, while still going to bootcamp of course, I finally went in to see the doctor. Bronchitis. So, now I've been on antibiotics for just over a week. I'm feeling much better, although I am still coughing a decent amount. I'm hoping that goes away pretty soon here. A couple more days of the drugs to go.
The only plus on the whole sickness thing is that it gave me an excuse to do nothing but veg on the couch and watch Olympic coverage pretty much every night and all weekend long. Gotta look at the bright side:) So, hopefully I'll have more fun stuff to post soon. Bootcamp is done on the 29th, so one week left to go. It still hurts, but not quite as bad as the first week. I guess that means it's working. Either that, or my pain threshold has gone through the roof these days.
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