I am feeling pretty crappy today - under the weather. I’m sniffly and congested and have a nice sinus headache. I want nothing more than to sleep all day long… but I haven’t. I just took a nice hot bath, though, so I am feeling very toasty and clean. I think it might be OK to wrap myself up in my cozy blanket and sort of “sweat out” any impurities or illnesses that I can. At least that’s my mom’s old world advice.

My wrist hurts a lot, too, so I’m going to get the ice pack and ice it for a while. I might call the doctor later this week and ask if I should see him sooner than the 28th since the pain has not lessened through wearing of the brace. If anything, the pain is a little worse in that it’s constant - instead of just intermittent depending on what I do with my hand. I know the cortisone shot he gave me was not intended to provide long-term relief of any sort (because cortisone shots don’t do that), but that it was merely to help rule out whether one particular tendon was the culprit. I’m totally willing to explore all the other possible causes for the pain, but I’d like to be rid of it sooner rather than later.

That’s part of the reason I haven’t been writing many entries - there’s pain. Also, I’ve been super tired lately, so when I’ve been getting home, I’ve wanted nothing more than to sleep sleep sleep.

Anyway - this week, I’m going to order some books from Amazon: the Rough Guide to Tunisia, Lonely Planet’s Tunisia and the Rough Guide Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook. That way, I’ll be somewhat prepared for the trip in May. I’ll be departing May 23 and returning June 5. It’s not quite 2 weeks of vacation from work, but I’ll take the 6th off to recover from jetlag and that will be a full 2 weeks off of work. I’ll be in Poland from May 24 through May 31, then in Tunisia from June 1st through 5th. It’s not a lot of time in Tunisia - and my father and sister will be there for another week yet - but I’ll make the most of it and plan out an itinerary so I can see some of the more beautiful spots and get some good cultural experiences and photos. I’ve been to Poland before, but I hope to perhaps take a trip up to the Northern mountainous parts so I can get some photos there since I’ve never been to that part.

To that end, I’m going to have to buy some additional memory cards for my digital camera since I’ll definitely want to take more pictures at high resolution than my current memory card allows. I should check those out on Amazon as well, so I can get the books and memory card in one fell swoop.

It’s 6:00 and I could go to bed right now. However, I promised my little sister I’d watch “Capote” with her tonight… maybe I can sneak in a nap for now… and then go to bed right after the movie.