eye of the storm -> mass exodus

I've been home sick with this miserable stomach bug that's been cycling through my office and pretty much everywhere lately.  I spent most of yesterday miserable and dehydrated in bed, and pretty much feeling like waif kate moss after losing like 8 pounds in the past couple days.  Dizzy and nauseous and crampy.  Today (after pretty much spending like 30 hours straight in bed) i felt kinda good and wanted to eat and do a dozen loads of laundry that have been piling up for quite some time now.......

Psyched to eat something besides pretzel rods and electrolyte-infused juice drinks, although i really love pretzel rods, they get real old after a day or 2.  I was starving! So i get to my kitchen and fridge filled with random goodies - leftover gourmet chinese food was probably not a good idea so i decided to make a grilled cheese. And then i saw ham! Grilled Cheese with Ham!!  And then i saw pickles!!!  GRILLED CHEESE WITH HAM AND PICKLES!!!  i was so excited to grill that baby on the frying pan and get it in my empty belly.

I was smart and ate it over the course of 30 minutes because i knew i'd get real full real fast and i wanted to not freak my intestines out.

• at 30 mintes sandwich was safely inside stomach and i was happy
• at 40 minutes stomach was making noises and movement and i was concerned.
• at 45 minutes stomach rejected sandwich and i was not happy.

What did i learn? 

1. When in doubt, just eat toast
2. There's a new Hollywood Diet in town
3. Always fear the eye of the storm

Back to pretzel rods and fake juice and bed.