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At 12:30 am I suddenly woke up with an urgent need to vomit. I went out into the cold desert night, à chilling wind blowing around 35F. I paced around, resisting the contractions in my stomach - but coming close a few times to letting the contents of my stomach come up. I know from experience that this gives a sort of relief once you do it… but then you have to deal with the esophageal burn for several hours afterwards - not to mention the unpleasantness as it is happening. Also, I worried about getting a mess on my clothes. Weird thoughts, I know. 

Somehow, I managed to hold it back, and after about 30 minutes I was able to go back into the tent and sleep!  

But then the next day, à sort of sore throat developed over the course of the day, and then a splitting headache at night. Then, tonight (writing from the future), the same odd vomiting sensation around midnight happened again!  

I have no idea what it was or why it eventually goes away, so I’ll just call it mystery illness!

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