I might not go to work today.

Sometime around 3am, I rolled over in bed, and my head kept spinning. Whoa, I thought, what's with the dizzies? But I was already lying down, and it was 3am, y'know? I went back to sleep, and dreamed many dreams about falling.

Around 5, I woke up again, and had a short debate with myself about which need was more urgent: the need to make sure Penny slept as late as possible, or the need to pee.

The need to pee won, so I got up. The room did not, contrary to usual behavior, remain stable. I made it to the bathroom and back, and laid down. (And down, and down, and...) Maybe, I thought, it will go away if I get a little more sleep.

Alas, I was unable to test the theory, as I could not go back to sleep. Given that the last dream I'd had before waking up had involved me climbing around on a Happy Meal box the size of my house (and falling a lot), that may be for the best.

Penny woke up late, at 5:45. It was my turn this morning to pick her up and let Matt sleep until 6. After I picked her up, I had to stand with her, leaning against the railing of her crib, for a few seconds until the room stopped swaying.

A bit later, while Penny was watching Matt shave, I took my temperature. Alas, our thermometer is smoking crack, and registered my temperature at 95.5. But I don't think I have a fever.

It's not a bad dizziness. I've had worse. I haven't fallen, or even had to sit down hard. It's not making me sick to my stomach, and it's fine if I'm not changing position quickly. All the same, it's a bit worrisome, if only because I don't know why it's happening.

We had a pepper with dinner last night that had a tiny bit of mold on it. Did I miss trimming away a bit of mold and then eat it?

I haven't had an ear infection since I was five, and they were always accompanied by excruciating pain, which I don't have now, but I suppose I can't rule that possibility out, either.

And there's always the possibility that there's something really wrong.

If the dizziness was worse, I'd cancel my eye doctor appointment. But it's not that bad. I can function just fine as long as I'm sitting down, and even standing up, I just have to go a little slower than usual.

But if this hasn't cleared itself up by the time I'm done with my eye doctor, then I think I'm going to have to call my GP and make an appointment. Whether I go to work, then, depends on how early my GP can see me.

Blah. If it's not one thing, it's another.

But I really don't feel too bad about it. Maybe it's because Penny was in such a happy mood all yesterday evening, and again this morning. There's just something about a laughing, happy baby that makes everything seem better. Especially if it's your own laughing, happy baby.

--Liz