No, I’m not actually ill from H1N1 -AKA Swine Flu, but I am figuratively sick and tired of it. Ever since my normal job in health education was cut due to statewide budget cuts, I have been working in Emergency Preparedness, specifically in H1N1. At first I didn’t mind too much, and actually I find the whole process kind of interesting, but lately I feel like I am going to burst with so much work! I am in charge of supplies (both vaccine and ancillary supplies -from consent forms to cotton balls), I have to write a situation report daily, I still try to squeeze in a few translations, and I am the volunteer coordinator. Not only that but I am trying to figure out this whole incident command structure. Agh!
I am sure after this initial push, things will calm down and it will run much more smoothly. I just hope things simmer down sooner than later. All these meetings, missing lunch (yesterday all I had for lunch was a cookie!) and putting out “fires” may very well make me literally sick and tired.
On the plus side, I thought of another use for eggs: vaccine! 🙂
Thought of some other egg dishes, two are dessert type and related: custard and flan. In addition to milk, sugar and lots of eggs, custard has vanilla; flan has brown sugar and cinnamon and is popular in central and south America (maybe P.R.?). A related custard treat is creme brulee (accent on the last e, pronounced bru-lay), which is cream custard with a slight topping of brandy which they light to brown the top.
In Spain, they make a yummy egg dish in a frying pan which they call a torta or even tortilla I think, which is made from eggs, milk or cream, potatoes and onions which they serve for breakfast or brunch (their idea of breakfast is around 11am, since they like to eat midday around 3 pm and dinner around 9pm). You can get a torta in Spain at any time and almost any place, including bars.
I think I had H1NI; we went to a large wedding in California on October 4 and a week later I started coming down with sneezing, then coughing, then aches, chills, high fever and awful headaches, then could hardly breathe for a few days. Took about 2 weeks, with the first week thinking I was getting better, then came the second week acute phase with fever and gradually got better. Never had anything like it and that’s saying alot after working with 1,000’s of kids and adults in my careers and having every cold and flu known to man (even pneumonia a few times), in spite of annual flu shots.
You’ve probably had the H1N1 shot, so don’t have to worry about catching it! I can see why they are so worried about this disease, as it packs a strong wallop!
I understand the concern about H1N1, but the regular flu is still much more dangerous in terms of the number of people that die every year.