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[tielan]

I spent most of the day in the room, listning to an irregular rumble that never quite seemed to stop...

..around 5:30pm, I realised that it was the elevators.

I called down to the front desk and they promptly moved me...to a room at the back corner which smelled like it had previously housed a smoker. You're not allowed to smoke in the rooms, sure. But someone who smokes like a chimney had inhabited that room not too long ago, and I could smell it.

I called down to the front desk, they sent up housekeeping, who sprayed perfume through the room. Not helping! And then they moved me yet again - about four rooms along and there's no smell and no elevator rumble...

What a drama. And I'd slept pretty well last night. It was just during the day that I was listening to that rumble and thought at first it must be construction work, only to realise after hours that, no, it's probably the elevators.

Bad design, as my dad the architect would say.

At any rate, I'm moved again.

NOW can the drama be over? Please? Pretty please?

I'm feeling better still - more energy, but the slightly congested nose and throat again. I stopped taking the phenylephrine after last night. And looking through the drugs the doc gave me, there's an anti-histamine, and an anti-inflammatory, and when I tried taking the metformin (another anti-inflammatory) last night...let's just say it got unpretty.

Tonight and tomorrow is to make sure I'm back to (near-)fighting fit. I should have been in Georgia, by now, meeting the rest of the tour...

*sigh* Okay, no dwelling. Just resting.

Comments

[e_k_braveman]

On the bright side, you have confirmation that your sense of smell is working!

[jenab]

*hugs*

[ringsandcoffee]

Now I'm wondering what it's like to be near the elevators. Can't be much worse than the 4 year old that lives upstairs. But even that isn't ALL the time.

Hope you recover and can get back on your travel schedule soon.

[timespirt]

The metformin is a diabetes drug so watch out for low sugars. Glad your feeling better. Keep resting and sorry you had to be moved so many times.

"HUGS"

[beatrice_otter]

UGH that SUCKS

[wpadmirer]

I'm glad you're feeling better. That does not sound like a fun time in general.