I am thankful for a long hot shower and hot tea.
This morning, while I was cooking pancakes for the kids, my husband told me I looked like shit. He didn’t mean that in a mean way. He was letting me know he could tell I was feeling pretty sick. This cough that I’ve had for a few days is now a head cold. My ears hurt. My head has so much pressure built up, it feels like my eyes will pop the next time I sneeze. And if I cough or try to talk, it felt and sounded like a frog crawled in my throat and died. All I wanted was a nice long hot shower by myself.
If you don’t have children, then you don’t understand how rare those are. They are truly a luxury for us stay at home moms. Unless I get my butt out of bed before the kids wake up for a quick in and out rinse, it is rare that I get any time to myself in the bathroom. If I choose staying in bed rather than showering, I either have to sneak away during Jack’s morning nap or have a little party in the shower with both toddlers at my feet. So, after I finished making those pancakes, I decided to take advantage of having hubby home in the morning, and take myself a nice LONG HOT shower, alone.
Sadly, it didn’t last long enough. Those showersnever do. But the nice trade off for getting out before I was ready was the smell of breakfast sausages and potatoes calling to me. The smell would usually be accompanied by my favorite smell in the morning, a fresh pot of coffee, but this morning I passed on the coffee. This morning, and all day, I had what Marley likes to call, “Honey Tea.” Honey Tea is Chamomile Tea with lots of honey. The honey is supposed to help get rid of the cough. Yes, I’m one of those weirdos that doesn’t take medicine unless I’m so sick I can’t get out of bed.
And now as I’m sitting here writing, I have with me a hot cup of Honey Tea accompanied my my favorite drink at night, a glass of red wine. But I think I’ll save being thankful for wine for another night. 😉
Blind Mom in the Burbs 