Plagued

On Saturday I discovered an orange tree, a grapefruit tree, a tangerine tree and a lemon tree on the property. The landlord would rather that we pick and enjoy the fruits than leave them to fall and rot on the ground, so I gleefully hauled out my ladder and filled up my pockets. I sat down in the shade and ate a couple of the (delicious) tangerines immediately; I will never get over the joy of being able to eat something mere moments after picking / cutting / harvesting it.

You'd think that, having eaten my weight in vitamin-C rich citrus fruit this weekend, I would have been victorious over any plague that came looking for a fight.

Alas, I was not and I am reminded once again of how much it sucks to be sick when you are a grownup.

Remember when you were little how you'd suddenly start to feel ill in the middle of the day, and the school nurse would cluck and fuss over you until someone arrived to bundle you up and take you home? How you'd get tucked into your bed and cool hands would brush your hair from your fevered brow until you fell asleep, and how when you woke up someone would be there with a bowl of soup, or a cool glass of ginger ale? Even though you were sick, you felt a little bit better because there was someone there taking care of you.

Yesterday, I drove myself home at midday and sat behind an accident on the 134 for 45 minutes while I shivered in spite of the sun booming through my windshield. I stopped at the store to buy orange juice, soup, and honey and used up my last remaining ounce of strength dragging my purchases inside the house. When I woke up from my nap it was dark, that cats were yowling for food, and I had to haul myself out of bed to feed them and me.

Sigh.

Sometimes, this adulthood thing is not all it's cracked up to be.

Comments

[Tag]

I still am fairly successful at not getting sick but when it happens it sucks big time. Much more than when I was say 12.

Get well soon darling! I am on the east coast and am surrounded by sick people. Its not the best time ever.

[Keith]

Hope you feel better soon!!