Sicker than a dog

Easter morning started off nicely. TLK was off to her dad’s and Ian and I were off to do what we wanted.

We started by finding Home Depot open, which was nice because we needed some bolts for a patio table we bought and then we decided a few plants would be nice, too.

When waiting at the cashier counter during our somewhat lengthy checkout process (thanks to finding a planter with no price tag.. you know how that goes!), I started to feel really ill. I had a major headache that I blamed on sinuses and felt nauseous.

I thought it would pass, so we drove to the cemetary to change the flowers out at my niece’s grave. We changed out the flowers and Ian went back to the car to get stuff to clean the top of the stone with. Half-through his cleaning efforts, I felt really sick, like I was going to pass out, but not until I vomited (sorry), so I drug my body and the old flowers to the trash bin, we got in the car and left.

Half-home, it was really apparent that I was having problems, I think, because Ian pulled out the satnav to find our way home.

“Can we go straight in when we get home?”, I urged. I knew we had stuff to carry in, but I thought I’d be lucky to get in the house before I got sick.

Ugh… I won’t give you the details, but it was awful and my head was about to split in two.

My husband got me a cold towel for my head and I fell asleep (thank God) for an hour and a half.

I think I woke up for about 10 minutes after that and then back asleep again for another hour and a half.

TLK was home by 6 and we’d already decided to delay our Easter dinner till I could hold down food (a good idea, I think). Ian went to Dairy Queen and got us some dinner, which I was amazingly able to hold down. There was something about the abundance of salt… I have no idea why.

I felt better afterward and made it to work today, although it took me ages to really feel present in my day.

It was an odd holiday. I kept remembering the one holiday when Easter didn’t seem to be going to well for either of us, when I thought, “How cool will it be to be together for Easter?”

It was still cool. You can’t get much better than being sick and having the comfort of your caring husband nearby.

So Easter dinner tonight.. ham, mashed potatoes, asparagus, crescent rolls and a berry pie. Yum! So while you might be lamenting about what to do with yesterday’s leftovers, we’ll just be creating ours. 🙂