I have been feeling better. I'm not sure if I really had the flu, if I was trying to catch it, or if I just wanted to schlep around the apartment with my room mate. He really had it bad, and even I even had to take him to the ER because his throat was closing up to the point where he couldn't eat or drink anything, and even had a hard time breathing. Three hours later, some IV antibiotics, IV Decadron, and he was good to go. He's feeling much better (although those Augmentin tablets could have been suppositories, they were so big).
I made it back to the gym a few days ago. I dreaded getting back on the scales, and was delighted to find that I had actually lost a pound, rather than gaining any during my 11-day break. I hadn't been watching my diet at all while I was sick, but I guess my daily intake was down.
I have been very surprised at how easy it was to pick up on the eliptical pretty much where I started off. At first I thought I'd have to cut down to 30 minutes for a while, but my first workout went the full 60 minutes.
The one weird thing that has happened is that I've caught a bad case of Jock Itch. Good Lord who would have guessed. I think the last time I had Jock itch, I was in college. So I bought the same stuff I used back then (Cruex), which comes in this powder spray. I get it home and am ready to use it.
A few problems. First, the propellant in the can is, I am assuming, compressed liquid nitrogen. And the pressure in the can makes the powder come out very very fast. So I guess the point is to get an even coat of Cruex powder on your nether regions (good). Maybe every nether region on everyone in the room with you. Then freeze your genitals (easy to smash apart, like that scene in Terminator II) and making them smaller targets (due to the extreme cold). It made for an interesting few minutes at home, luckily in the privacy of my own bathroom.
I am back to work for the weekend.