Personal Story: Conversation with Mom while Ill

I’ve been sick with what I think is the flu all week.  Tuesday I felt rundown and did not go into work.  I did not have fever but my throat was scratchy.  I went in Wednesday feeling a little better, thinking it was just allergies.  Wednesday night I did measure a fever for a couple of hours, and it was as high as 101.3F.  I did not go into work on Thursday.  I had a sore throat, sinus pains, and coughing but no fever.  It seems that the fever was limited to that two hour span on Wednesday night. 

Thursday afternoon my mother called me.  She knew I was sick.  By Thursday afternoon my voice was all hoarse and I sounded I had laryngitis. This is roughly the conversation we had, though it was in Italian. 

 

How are you feeling?

 

Eh.  Could be better but not too bad.

 

You sound horrible.  Are you sure you’re ok?

 

I’m as good as I could be.

 

Are you taking anything?

 

What can I take?

 

Something for your throat.  You can barely speak.

 

I’ll see what I got.

 

Listen, if you go out can you get me some grass seeds.  I need to put more down.

 

Sure when I go out.

 

I’d like them this afternoon.  Before the rain comes.

 

This afternoon?  I don’t know if I’m going out this afternoon.

 

And if you go out, I’m out of Mira Lax.  Can you go to Costco and pick me up?

 

Costco?

 

I don’t need it today but I do need it in the morning.  And if you do go to Costco I need a bag of sugar and a bag of flower.

 

I don’t know if I’m going to Costco.  I don’t know if I’m up to take you to your eye doctor appointment tomorrow.

 

Oh don’t worry about that.  Just get me some grass seed and the stuff from Costco.

 

You say I’m sick and sound horrible and you want me to go out for grass seed and to Costco?

 

Whatever you can do.

 

LOL, I swear, no one cares about me.  But in fairness, my mother is generally overprotective. 

So I did reschedule her eye doctor’s appointment, and I’m trying to rest today.  Maybe by this afternoon I might be up to going to get her grass seed.  I doubt I’ll be up for Costco.  Being sick stinks.