Pay backs suck!

So after last weeks fortunate turn out of the water leak problem, I'm feeling pretty good. Looking forward to the possibility of a trip this next weekend down to a motorcycle show in Norcross, GA and seeing some friends I haven't visited with in a while. Depends on how the finances look, but it may just be do-able if I'm careful.
So I keep double checking my reservations & looking over the route, setting my AirSet calendar to remind me in case I have to cancel at the last minute. Things are lining up & it's looking good.
Friday I had a mystery shop at Sonic to do for breakfast.....I don't reccomend the Super Breakfast Burrito, it's weird & soggy....but I was hungry & hey, I get re-imbursed for the food, so what ever! Well, I didn't eat anything else all day & got the burns for a Pizza Hut pepperoni & I had a coupon for two mediums....so I call them up to make an order & hit the first little pay back.....it's gonna be at least 50 minutes 'cause they're so swamped. I'd hoped to pick it up & be home in time for 7PM prime time, but ok, I'll live. So I take off in time to be a little early & I think I'm lucky since they are already sitting in the warmer waiting for me when I get to the counter.....I should have paid attention to that! Anyway, I pay & zip back home, fling myself & the goodies in front of the TV & start munching. A couple slices of pepperoni & a couple of Hawaian and I'm already stuffed, so I do the usual & shut the boxes but don't put them in the fridge.....never have bothered before & haven't had a problem, even when I've left them sitting on top of the stove for a couple of days.
The next morning I scarf down a slice so I can take my vitamins.....lately it seems if I don't eat something first it's been upsetting my stomach other wise. Guess I'm getting old & the iron stomach is letting me down a bit.
The rest of the day gets spent in front of the computer with a break around 2PM to have some more of the pizza, but this time I heat it up in the microwave....still nothing different than I've done dozens of times. Around 5ish or so I start to feel not so great, a little warm, kind of a headache and a touch dizzy. I kind of ignore it for a while, but suddenly I'm dashing for the bathroom & barely make it in time the turn my insides out....to the amusement & confusion of the kitties, since I'm pretty much laying on the floor & they think I must be there to play with them.....trust me.....I didn't wanna play with ANYTHING!!
I get cleaned up & head back to the computer, but start feeling even worse, so I shut things off & go back upstairs & relax on the couch......for all of about 10 minutes....then it's another dash to not quite make it this time, but close enough for the 3rd & 4th episodes of attempting to get my toenails to crawl up thru my body & leap to their demise in the toilet bowl. Now my sides hurt, my head is throbbing & when I stand up it's a toss up as to just how long vertical is a managable task. Think your worst hangover ever....without the fun from the night before! And before I forget to mention it.....the 4th episode was accompanied with extreme diarreah. Wasn't bad enough already, right??!!
It's a difficult decision about where to toss my second set of nasty clothes and should I just now sit & use the plastic lined wicker basket for whatever is still left in my poor stomach.
After about 30 minutes I start to feel like I can get up now, so I make my way back to the couch....but I was wrong.....very wrong! I was back in there like a flash in 10 more minutes. Sometimes it's good to live alone.....I just stayed in clean underwear & a clean sweatshirt for the rest of the night! But I wasn't looking forward to doing the laundry!
Sooooo, I was now running a nasty little fever, shivering, head pounding & queasy. And every five or ten minutes I had to go sit in there again. Good thing the plumbing leak had been fixed, but I think I made up for not using up much space in the septic tank since I've moved here!
This little "party" went on most of the night, little sips of water that at least stayed down....if not "in!" All day Sunday it was the same....couldn't sneeze, cough, laugh or clench my stomach muscles to get off the couch without risking another pair of undies. I went thru 2 1/2 rolls of toilet tissue & my poor bottom was reacting with very little co-operation when it came to sitting down. Fortunately, I wasn't the LEAST bit hungry! After the fever went away & I didn't feel like it was mandatory to hug the basket every time I made a move, I risked a few sips of milk. I slept most of the day, but not well....fearing I'd dream about having to go to the bathroom & find out it wasn't a dream! By late in the evening, I was pretty exhausted and feeling weak.....I got on the scale & had lost 8 pounds in less than 48 hours! Nice....but I don't think this is a good diet method.
I spent all day Monday chained to the bathroom again, in spite of a bit of natural cure...eating a couple of slices of swiss cheese (slows down the internal plumbing, they say) but finally whatever "nasty" I'd given myself started to wear off. I ate some more cheese, a small bowl of cereal and by evening a bowl of soup. Total weight loss by this morning was 11 pounds.....but I probably ruined that when I had another Sonic mystery shop at lunch time & forced down a few bites of a burger & some fries....the only I could really finish was a strawberry smoothie. But while I'm not completly back to normal, at least I can cough without having to change my undies again!!
I should have known that the price for fixing the plumbing leak wasn't steep enough for my Karma! Had to pay back more with my own "plumbing" going haywire! I'm guessing I won't be in the mood for a pizza again for a good, long time.