migraine

[mee-grain] n severe headache, often with nausea and visual disturbance

That's what I had the whole day today. I was sitting in this comfortable, fully airconditioned, tiny room with 50 other people, listening to different presentations. The topics were so diverse that it included research in tertiary education, micro organisms, child care, formation of planet Earth, relevance of social sciences, marine biology, etc. Half way through the presentations one side of my head began throbbing mercilessly. It felt like a bad hangover with nausea and all but I knew I stayed off alcohol for the past week. Yes, I know I thought of doing some beers last night but I was too damned exhausted then.

I'm going home now. The throbbing on my right side of my forehead is driving me nuts. More than anything else, I think it is the tiny airconditioned room with poor ventilation that caused this headache. I do not like that room.