So I’m on 600km 6 day round trip away from home to wash 40 houses in rural areas owned by the government. Teacher houses.
Sunday, day before I leave, I start a new medication. I am the lucky 1 person in 100 who won the “extreme” side effects prize of vomiting, nausea, insomnia, headaches and stomach cramps.
I’m washing and gutter cleaning 5 houses each day to maintain the schedule including regular vomit breaks. My ladder carrying is so wobbly I have banged the roof of the van a dozen times.
I definantly hate life right now. 3 days into the job, 3 to go… but apparently the side effects will last 7 days.
Not as much as usual because the price for these houses is set by a NSP I subcontract to.
Still worthwhile because I do 5-10 houses in each town with little driving between houses There are another 40 in a single town closer to home next month.
Man…Sorry to hear you have to deal with that!! I hope it “only” lasts the week and you get feeling better fast. I would be down for the count. I’m a total pansy when it comes to vom!
Please be extra careful on those ladders!
Any chance you could hire a temporary helper from an employment agency or something?
That’s rough, man. I second the stay hydrated comment. Hang in there! If you can deal with the next few hellish days then any other work after this will seem like a breeze.
I left the house at 1am yesterday, drove 250 miles and washed all day with a crew that was behind schedule, drove back and now I’m heading to the shop to install airbags on a truck. But no puking. Yet.
