Feverish

I have been reading quite a bit lately. As I sit in my chair, very often a very tiny insect will light upon the pages. How can something that small live and reproduce? Life is remarkable. Even if we destroy our civilization (if we can call it that), life will go on for quite some time and will likely do much better without us.

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Speaking of life going on, I developed a fever on Tuesday and slept even worse and less than usual. As I have done sometimes in the past, I had thought of going out for a solstice sunrise photo yesterday. I wouldn't have gone far, but I still couldn't summon the energy to drag myself out.

The photo that I had in mind was something like this one.

I took that ↑ in mid-July 2022. I had been hoping for the sun to rise directly over the road, but you can see ole sol didn't cooperate. I wonder if it would have been closer to the centre on June 21.  I do like the photo even though it wasn't 100% what I wanted.

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This fever (only 100-101) is my first health issue of that ilk since pre-Covid. Hardly anybody masks anymore, so it was bound to happen sooner or later. But I haven't been around people much. I went to the pharmacy in Monday for just a short while, but it wasn't very crowded. Otherwise, we have been picking-up our grocery orders due to that other problem, so my exposure to germs has been very limited.

I was close to family on Father's Day, but they're all fine, so I must have been exposed must have been the pharmacy – somehow. Of course, it could be due to internal reasons.

Meanwhile, as I sit and type this at 5:30am, I am first hot and then cold. At least I am not lukewarm, so 
shouldn't be spewed out of any deity's mouth — at least not for this reason.

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of My mouth. (Revelations 3:20)

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I don't know how long it has been since I contracted shingles, and searching my archives is of no help. I didn't have a bad case because Sue spotted it toute-de-suite. I got a shot right away to fight it and then got another vax a year or so later to, hopefully, prevent a recurrence. That vax wasn't covered, so it cost $200. Not long after, the Health Department added it and authorized payment from then on, so everybody after me got it for free. Of course, they did.

I think got the outbreak around this time of year, and it feels as though that spot gives me some pain every year around this time. It's not terrible, but it is a reminder. I was fortunate to not have had a major event.