I don't know what I was thinking setting the alarm clock for 5am. I guess it was really just wishful thinking that I'd miraculously sleep and wake up feeling normal and healthy. I spent the majority of the first half of the night tossing and turning and wishing desperately for some magical drug to take me away from the pain in my throat. I had the thought "I'll take congestion, just take away the pain in my throat." I thought about calling the concierge and asking for drugs but couldn't imagine getting up and finding a robe and crawling to the door. I passed out sometime around midnight and woke up when the alarm went off at 5am. Of course, I shut it off... and tried to sleep again.. tossing and turning.

I still felt like hell when I got up so I drove to Whole Foods, got lots of homepathics (as a side note, do you know that Vitamin Water now makes a version with natural caffeine... woah)... then drove to Rite Aid and got DayQuil and a stash of NyQuil for tonight (plus lots of Kleenex). By the time I got to conference, my head was pounding and I wanted to blow my nose off so I took the DayQuil. I felt better... I made it through the day...

Then I decided it might be smart to practice. The pool here is enclosed and the room gets incredibly hot and humjid... it's perfect. Well not incredibly hot.. just good hot.... so I told myself I'd just breathe and see where I went... breathing not being such an easy thing at this point. In my downward dogs, I kept my breath slow and long... so that I wouldn't freak out if I couldn't fill myself with air quickly due to the congestion... it worked... I felt good... I did nearly my entire practice though I was moving fast... jump throughs on each side, lifting the heels on the way down... I did supta kurmasana with dwi pada first by putting my back up against the wall (something I saw someone do at David's the other day). Laghu Vajrasana was surprising today... I did it regularly, without having to use the heel of my hand or splay my knees... Kapotasana was tough... but I finally got my fingers walked in to past the toes... and then, suddenly, my nose completely cleared... completely... I thought "Mhmm.. where did the snot go?"

It came back, of course, but I really enjoyed backbending today... I did a whole bunch and even did one very silent dropback... eventually I just got tired... and the congestion was returning and, moreover, my throat hurt again. The benefit of being sick during a conference is that I've avoided all partying.... I haven't had a drop of alcohol and, miraculously, have practiced everyday....

Tomorrow is Cirque Du Soleil which I'm totally excited for... I think I will practice in the afternoon here at the hotel tomorrow and then Thursday and Friday go to David's and hopefully feel better by then... but, for tonight, it's gonna be a NyQuil night...