what if I've lured you here with a siren song

It's rare that I'm ill, really. And whenever I am slightly ill, it's just a little cold. This cold, however, has really been harsh to my body. I've had the past days off, and still, work today was almost too much. I was even considering to tell the boss that I couldn't work tomorrow. I admit that I had little sleep, which was my fault only, but I'm usually fine with a bit less sleep if I've been well rested for a couple of days. I was walking around half-asleep, it felt like. My own boss, who was just passing through, said "you look a bit gone, a bit confused". In my current nasally voice I said "I'm still not a 100% so my concentration and everything is a bit off kilter". To be fair, I was almost spinning around in a circle, because I'd forgotten about the things I was going to do. So I'm sure other people than my boss thought I was acting strange. It was even a really nice shift, nothing too strenuous. Realising the latter, also made me realise that for the first time in forever, I've gotten a cold that actually has knocked me off my feet, a bit. I'm very grateful that thus far in my life, my health has been good. For all I know, it can change tomorrow. It's a nice thing that I was coerced into a group picture that'll find it's way to the internet somehow, when I looked akin a zombie. My poor nose is red and scratchy and awful after days of tissue paper. Looking at my pay check today, I was pretty surprised. I kind of hadn't expected to earn that much, which probably means I'll have to pay extra taxes. Great. Ah luxury problems. I am sooooo tempted to buy myself a new coat. But I won't. Willpower. (What would Spock say? It's highly illogical to purchase more coats when you have enough for you to survive). I was so busy looking through my pay check, that I forgot about One Direction doing the live lounge. Luckily I remembered just when the live lounge was about to start, just missed the interview beforehand. They did six songs, two of which were covers. I was pleasantly surprised by their cover of Four Five Seconds. I would never have guessed they'd choose that one, but they were really good. The second cover, the last song, was Torn by Natalie Imbruglia. Niall introduced it, and just before they were about to sing, he said "I've got goosebumps". It was an emotional one, because they ended their first live lounge with the first song they actually performed together. They ended it with the song that started it all, I think was what Greg James (radio DJ) said a fan had tweeted in response to the performance today. I personally thought it was the perfect choice. I am going to go get ready for bed now, because I'm hoping to fall asleep earlier, and therefore have a better day tomorrow. It might be better, worse, or the same. Regardless, it'll be one day closer to my days off.