The Dar Flu

I'm currently fighting off that strange strain of flu that seems to pervade the air in Dar.

It makes you feel just tired enough to want to stay in, just achy enough to want to sleep more, just irritable enough to snap at your husband and just miserable enough to feel homesick.

There doesn't seem to be any other serious symptom, aside from mild sniffles and an on again, off again fever. No sore throat or raging, high temperature that signals other types of flus and earns you sympathy from friends and family.

The Dar Flu just makes most people want to stay away from your grumpy self and might even lead some of them to think that it's some kind of psychosomatic fantasy that you cooked up to get some attention.

This, of course, might possibly be true, in which case, I take it as a sign that Dar is finally getting to me and it's time to take a trip home!