It’s been a good month. My sister’s been visiting the entire time (she leaves tomorrow, but I’m not thinking about that now, nosirrybob) and we’ve done a lot of quality sitting around together. Then, this past week, life got a little more exciting. I caught a cold. But not just any cold. This one decided to take up residence in my inner ear.

You know that there’s-nothing-stable-holding-me-up feeling you get just as a roller coaster tips over the edge of the first drop? Fun stuff. I’d be sitting in my chair at work and have to remind myself that if I could still feel the chair, that meant I wasn’t tilting. I walked into a couple of door frames. Walking a straight line was just about as attainable as becoming concert master at the New York Philharmonic. Well… maybe it was a little easier than that, but my point is that it was hilariously hard.

I’ve heard of several other people who’ve battled this balance-killing virus recently, and some have had it far worse off than I did. I never fell over, and the worst of it only lasted 4 or 5 days. Today I only got a couple of free roller coaster ride moments. I hope nobody gets hurt as this one makes its rounds!