In Sickness and in Health

Neil is sick. Neither one of us have been sick since we have gotten married, so it was a first for us. He started feeling under the weather on Thursday night and somehow we ended up in bed at approximately 7:40 p.m. Yep, it was still light outside. He went to work the next day, and came home Friday afternoon feeling worse than ever. We ventured to Kroger to find some meds, Neil told the pharmacist all of his symptoms, and she sent us on our way with some Claritin D. In an attempt to keep us from retiring to the bedroom before the sun went down, while still keeping things low key for my sick husband, I suggested we build a fort in the living room and watch The Sandlot. So we did. As our movie progressed, Neil started feeling worse, and I found myself googling "cure for flu-like symptoms" while underneath the "roof" of our fort. According to my findings on  E-How, you are supposed to drink a lot of fluids, so obviously I brought Neil lots of water and realized that I would make a terrible nurse. I am also pretty sure that during this time he acquired a fever. Being a newlywed you get a lot of great gifts when you get married, but I have learned that there are a handful of practical items that you  fail to register for, but don't realize you need until the moment arises. For example, I didn't realize we needed a ladle until I was standing at the stove trying to spoon soup into a bowl with a teaspoon.  I also didn't realize that we needed a thermometer until my husband is burning up next to me inside of our fort. Technically his high temperature could have been caused by all of the blankets used to create this fort of ours. Precisely the reason why we need to purchase a thermometer. Either way, our movie ended and we headed off to bed, both hoping that this sickness would not be with us in the morning.




Our fort. Please note the toilet paper roll, our solution for runny noses.