And now I will talk about my paranoia (even though I already mentioned it on Facebook)

Here I can give a slightly longer explanation of the story, though.
One of the girls I work with had mentioned a week or two ago how her sister-in-law hadn't been feeling well, but had just been told that she had a sore throat and was sent home. She eventually had to be checked into the hospital and stayed in a special room (because she had spinal meningitis and it is pretty contagious). She had the viral kind (bacterial is very, very BAD) and ended up getting out of the hospital about a week and a half later.
What is the point of this story? Well, last week I had a sore throat. It was actually driving me nuts. My throat was so swollen I was gagging on my frigging tonsils. I did a whole lotta sleeping last weekend because I knew I needed the rest to feel better. I did feel better. My throat stopped hurting. I still have a runny nose, but I have been thinking that it has more to do with allergies than anything else. Thursday of this week I started getting a headache. I really thought that it had more to do with stress than anything else. But it was still there on Friday. Today I woke up with some new issues. The headache was still there, but instead of just having the soreness I had on the one side of my neck, I have that and pain on the other side (along with some stiffness). It hurts to turn my head. I have taken 1000mg of vicodin twice today and it's not taking care of the pain. It dulls it, but it's still there. That's not cool.
Anyway, I'm planning on going to see someone tomorrow if I'm still feeling like this. I read more about it on Web MD and I do fit some of the symptoms. They're not horribly severe or anything. No fever, no seizures. Sore throat within the last 7-10 days? Yes. Exposure to someone that was exposed to the virus? Check. Stiff neck? Yes. I'm sure that that's not what it is, but I suppose I have to find out for sure. I could really do without the spinal tap, though. The web site made it sound like that's the only way to get an official diagnosis.
Other than that, I think I've been doing a little better. I don't exactly have tons of energy or anything, but I haven't felt as horrible since I've been back on my thyroid stuff.
What I really don't get is why getting a job has been so hard on me. There are other moms out there that have four kids, work full time and still manage to keep up with a hobby and keep their house clean, right? Why is it so stinking hard for me? The fact that I am not even remotely close to having even two of those things under control drives me extra crazy. I found out last week that they're cutting back hours after January and I actually have the entire first week of February off. They're worried that I'm upset about the loss of hours, but I really couldn't be more excited. I'm living with these delusions that I'll get tons of stuff done around the house and with my projects. I'm sure that that's not totally realistic, but I can't wait to have a week of my life back. I do miss it. Let's hope that I'm not in the hospital, k? :)
I think I'm going to get back to relaxing and trying to enjoy my Saturday night (raging headache or no).