One week in Adventures in paradise

Yet another day of not feeling the best. Man I'll be glad to be on the other end of this. And I mostly am. I just feel lethargic and having little energy, but at least I'm eating normally again. I still can't shake the last of the cough and this cold weather isn't helping. Brisbane had it's coldest temperature in over 100 years a few days ago. It believe it dipped to 2.3 degrees. Mind you, that's nothing compared to the -5 degrees it used to sometimes get to on the farm, but for Brisbane, it's cold. And having the flu from hell coupled with the coldest temperature on record hasn't been a good combination for me. I hate writing abut nothing but being sick, but that's unfortunately been my life the last week and a half.
All I did today was go to the pharmacy to get my repeat prescription of antibiotics. Truthfully, I considered not even getting the repeat, because I'm near convinced these pills are what are making me feel as shit as I do. This time however, I was served by an Asian lady who was very good at her up-selling. She told me they only had the more expensive brand left (which was $8.70 compared to the $6 generic). I said that was fine. Then she told me that these antibiotics tend to kill off a lot of my "good bacteria" and that I should consider some antioxidants to even it out.
"Ergh, really?" I thought to myself. She's just trying to upsell me shit I don't need. I asked what they had available, and she showed me a bottle of that crap that's constantly advertised on the TV here, Inner Health Plus. It was $30! Fuck! I was convinced I didn't have enough money in my account to afford more than my repeat, and I had the $10 cash even ready to hand over for that. But next thing I knew she was pretty much like, 'well let's just see if it works' and next thing I know the transaction was approved (cue my shock at THAT even happening) and I was on my way with some bottle I'm meant to keep in the fridge that is apparently going to make me feel a lot better. It fucking well better for that price! At least I only have to take one of that a day, and I guess if something has a chance of making me feel better than I currently do, then I'll give it a go. I hope to be back to writing entries that aren't boring as batshit again sometime soon, but I'm gonna give it at least another week. You know the ironic thing about all this coughing lately? My abs look the best they have in ages!