morning vitals day 3

Awaking temperature 8 hours after 500 mg acetaminophen - 99.8 F. I am still using a mercury thermometer, and think of my mother every time I forcefully shake it down and wipe it with rubbing alcohol. I dreamed that consuming mercury was a treatment, but my waking self knows better.
Pulse ox 97%
HR 70 now. I forgot to take it when I first awoke.
I am not going to try to listen to my own lungs or take my own BP.

Primary complaints are the sore throat, which seems to be getting worse rather than better, and weakness/ tiredness at the level that I can do small activities but then have to lie down again.

Trying to find a positive side

In late spring of my senior year of high school, I was out sick for two weeks with something that may have been flu, or might have been something else. The doctor didn't think it was mono, but I don't remember why he thought that - I just looked it up on medlineplus.gov, and some of the mono symptoms would have matched. Like right now, I was feverish and weak. Even though I was 17, I hadn't really learned how to swallow adult sized pills, so my mother issued me vast quantities of baby aspirin because however babyish I was about swallowing pills, I was full-sized. They were small, orange, and chewable, in a glass container. That wouldn't be allowed now, but the connection to Reye syndrome hadn't been established at the time. I don't think I had a sore throat, but my stomach was queasy (I don't remember vomiting). So this could be worse - added nausea would be terrible, and vomiting across my sore throat would be very painful. I am probably going to try some Chloraseptic spray on the throat, but it says to only use it for a couple of days. I have no idea how long I'll be sick. The CDC guidance is so strange. You're supposed to stay home until 24 hours after a naturally normal temperature and "improving" symptoms. But then while you're gadding about, you're supposed to assume you're still contagious, and wear a mask.

>>Return to public and resume normal activities when:
You have not had a fever for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medicines; AND
Your other symptoms are improving

You may still be able to spread the virus that made you sick, even if you are feeling better.
For at least the first 5 days after you resume normal activities, take these extra precautions:
Avoid crowded indoor spaces. Wear a mask anytime you are indoors around other people.
Wash your hands often with soap and warm water. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
Avoid spending time with people who are at increased risk for severe disease<<

Other than feeling bad and having a potentially fatal disease (aren't they all?), I'm better off than most people, because while I'm skipping some volunteer and fun stuff, I'm not using all my (non-existent) work sick time, or making housemates sick. I had the second-highest grade in French my senior year because I missed so many classes. I was resentful, but the person who came in first had a baby at home, so presumably I still had an easier time. At this point, Duolingo would be very skeptical about my French knowledge (I do reviews, and make many mistakes). My parents made me continue to rest for a while after I felt better. I will try to make myself do that this time as well. This throws a wrench in the race training works, but
I will presumably need this body after the race date, so it would be silly to push it.