the sickies

so...it seems our house is at risk at being overtaken by the plague.  3 of the 5 of us have had some form of not fun illness over the past 3 days.  lucky for me, it seems i had the least severe of all symptoms.  one of my roommates ended up in the hospital -- the hospital!!!  how scary.

yesterday i came home from rehearsal completely exhausted and decided to take a nap to ward off getting the illness that kept my roommate up the previous night and landed her in the hospital.  of course when i woke up from said nap, i was cold (cold is not a word i have used since getting to mexico, i mean, i'm not sure that cold exists here!!), i had body aches, an awful headache, and my belly was not happy at all.  so i put on my fleece pants and a fleece sweater (not sure why i brought those, but sure am glad that i did!) took some pepto, started guzzling gatorade, got under my comforter, and went back to sleep.  i would wake up sweating, but i surely wasn't hot.  luckily, besides a not happy belly, getting that fever to break was the worst part.  today i'm still sorting out the belly issues, but i have these things to help:

hopefully this all clears up fast.

for me, being sick is one of the most dreaded things in the entire world.  i just cannot handle how uncomfortable, painful, and vulnerable i become.  i remember as a little kid not wanting to tell my parents that i didn't feel well, because if i admitted it out loud it would be true, and then i'd have to take medicine and be forced to deal with everything that comes with being ill.  not much has changed.  i still cannot stand taking medicine, altho i now realize it's there to help you feel better so i grin and bear it.  my big thing is making sure i stay hydrated, our bodies work much better for us when they are hydrated properly.

and besides, dehydration is an irrational fear that i carry, along with running out of gas.

i pride myself with being a stubborn and independent person (not sure those things are pride-worthy qualities to most people) and when i am sick i turn into a blubbering fool that just wants her mommy.  no joke, the last time i was super duper sick was 4 or 5 years ago, when i was in my late twenties - i was in new york for a cousin's wedding, my boyfriend at the time was there with me, i made him CALL MY MOM to tell her i was sick.  i was for real 26 or 27.   big baby.  i then cried to pretty much everyone, including my cousin who's wedding day it was.  big baby.  when i am sick i am a person i don't know - weak, vulnerable, and crying for her mommy.  mom's always know how to make sickies feel better.  they make chicken and stars soup (without the chicken, please) and the famous soft boiled eggs!!  and feel your forehead to tell you if they think you will start feeling better soon or if you need another dose of medicine.  they always know how to make you feel better.  it must be in the mom manual.

i cannot imagine living this far away from anyone that i am close to and getting stupid sick. especially ending up in the hospital.  what a champ my roomie is!  i have never had to go to the hospital before, let alone go to one in a foreign country and have no idea what people are saying to you.  i would have cried the ENTIRE time i was there (she was there for 8hrs, they would've given me extra saline drips because of the amount of liquid i was losing from tears).  and i would've insisted that chad come with me, then i'd be this crazy 30-something with a raggedy and dirty teddy bear that wouldn't stop crying for her mommy.  hahahaha, kinda humorous to think about.

good thing i don't think i'll be ending up in the hospital anytime soon.

here's hoping all your tummy's feel better than mine!!!