A bit under the weather

[dlfreak]

Hey guys, sorry about the past few days I've been feeling a bit sick so I've been trying to go to bed early (meaning by the time I get home from work I knock out.)

[BunnyRabt]

Sorry to hear that dl. Hope you feel better soon. There's a lot of stuff going around here again too. Even our Golden Retriever has a really nasty ear infection...and where in the world she got that I have NO idea.

Try to get some rest and feel better!!!

[fairy_tale_girl64]

yeah sorry to hear your feeling bad...i was sick with some cold type mess last week...still not 100 percent but getting better..hope you'll feel better soon

[dlfreak]

Thanks to people who go to work sick!!

[fullbloom720]

Aww, sorry to hear you're feeling sick, Dl!! Get over it soon!

There's a huge flu phenomenon spreading around here...

'Tis the season to stay home if you're sick and constantly sanitize if you're not!!

[tanzilynn]

Feel better soon Dl!

[devindemel]

hope you feel better soon dl! i've been sick with a cold this week and my fiance has the stomach flu so he's been throwing up like ten times a day =/

[moreletta]

I hope you get better soon!! I had a cold, not to long ago. But luckly I got over it really soon!

[autumn_child]

Get well soon!

[dlfreak]

Hi everybody, I'm so sorry about my absence lately... I've had such a crazy onslaught lately at work and in my personal life and I've just been stressed beyond belief. It's been absolutely insane for me... I came into this new year expecting to be able to have a fresh start here in the guild to be able to dedicate time and resources to build us back up and without warning I've had things just come at me from left and right (and forward and behind, lol).

Anyway, I know I don't need to explain myself to you guys (cuz you guys are so awesome and trustworty like that) but I do feel I owe you all some sort of word on my condition especially since I haven't been around. Anyway, my work is going really well, I just got a promotion at work and a raise (finally!!!!) plus we had some really massive ad campaigns come through that I've been juggling and just barely keeping up with (this past week was super killer and then a blessing came on Friday when one of them got a month-long live-date push) plus I had some very emotional family times the past week or so that have been beyond overwhelming so it's been a "perfect storm" of me just being inundated with LIFE. Then on top of that, on Friday evening I felt a little weird so I went to bed early and woke up at about 1am feeling dizzy, disoriented, and achey. It felt really weird so I walked around a bit, drank some water and was able to fall back asleep after a while. I slept through the rest of the nite (mostly) and in the morning we looked up my symptoms on WebMD and it looked like it was just a sinus problem/cold so we got some Sudafed and it pretty much is keeping me going. It was scary though because I felt so weird, couldn't imagine a sinus conjested cold could make me feel so weird I almost felt kinda disconnected from my body.

Anyway, I know it sounds like I always seem to have some sort of excuse or another lately but I assure you they are all warranted!!! This past week or so especially I've been using my very limited free-time to focus on de-stressing myself and considering I'm on a computer at work all day (a source of the stress) spending time on the computer just isn't the best option sometimes. One good thing though, is I've taken some paper and I started putting pencil to paper to redo the castle layout. Eventually I do plan on kinda revamping the whole thing and making navigation on it a whole lot better (plus, improving the actual graphics :cool: ) That actually has been helping me destress a bit and it's been beneficial to the guild, hehe. One thing I recently too was made a pencil sketch of a character from Wicked, I love the way she came out, you can see her here. Isn't she just wicked?!

Ok so this is turning into a really long post but I really felt the need to update you all. I love you all so much and I'm so glad to have your continued dedication and support. It truly means the world to me!

[krisconcepcion19]

Along these lines.....I have been sick with the flu for the past 2 weeks and I am finally feeling better so I should be on more.

[BunnyRabt]

Hope you are both feeling much better now. It sure seems like we've all been hit with an onslaught of something, doesn't it? If it isn't an illness, it's tons of work, or computer problems, or something with our families. I keep thinking it's going to let up soon...but it just doesn't seem to. It's almost 1:00 a.m. again, and I finally got done with what I needed to do for my work, plus I have Mom and Dad's taxes about done, so I thought maybe I could jump on here for a little bit and try to get caught up at least a little.

Don't feel like anyone thinks you are just making excuses, Joey. I think we've all had a lot going on lately in one way or another (or five or six..haha) so everyone can relate.

I checked out your drawing....it's really good! But I wasn't surprised. I love the eyebrows.

[fairy_tale_girl64]

i can say this much it seems like every one i know has been hit with a lot of sickness this season....and we have also been dealing with something...i posted about the possibilities of carbon monoxide poisoning but still not sure it could have been something else with us one of my biggest reasons behind my thinking is the whole winter or cold weather times when we use oil and propane heat i stay sick...but i am ready to feel 100 percent again. hope you will feel better soon

[dlfreak]

I was hearing on the radio this morning that yesterday was a "sick out" with a lot of people calling in sick (I was among them, unfortunately) and now it seems I gave poor nftysqrt my flu so we're sickly together, lol. Just great.

[fairy_tale_girl64]

well atleast you don't have to worry about contaminating each other and can suffer through it together ...lol don't you love my optomistic way of thinking! its much better for both to be sick than one wishing the other could be better so you can do fun things...

[devindemel]

wow looks like we've all caught something, i have a sinus infection and it spread to my eyes so they're all swollen and a dark redish color around my pupils. I haven't been online lately because ive been trying to give my eyes a rest from computer and tv screens. I should be able to go back to work tomorrow if im lucky so hopefully things will start to get better for everyone soon. congrats dl on the promotion and raise thats wonderful! i have my 90 day review on the 12th of next month so hopefully i will be getting a raise as well =D

[autumn_child]

Hope everyone is feeling better! I've missed you guys, lol... I promise I haven't dropped off the face of the planet...really...

AND... your drawing is great DL!

[BunnyRabt]

Okay, it's my turn. Flu is everywhere around here. I don't think I have the actual flu, but I've felt pretty awful for a few days. Don't even want to sit at the computer desk much, and it's way too much trouble to unpack my laptop because I have NO energy. None. So I haven't been around much. I'm feeling a bit better. At least dinner stayed down tonight.

[autumn_child]

Oh, that's too bad! Hope you feel better soon Bunny!

[BunnyRabt]

Thanks. I am feeling better. I got some work done today and ran a few errands, but my stomach is just still so queasy. I can stay home tomorrow and just do paperwork so that will give me a chance to rest some. About all I want to drink is Diet Coke...which is weird because I usually like Diet Pepsi better. Maybe the Coke is fizzier.