Friday, June 22, 2007

Who the Heck Have I Been Kissing???

I'd really like to know and so would my husband! I awoke early yesterday morning with a sore throat. I HATE sore throats. I think I'd rather have my hand cut off! It was tolerable until late yesterday afternoon when it became VERY painful. I finally quit verbally communicating with my family. I used finger snaps, hand claps, pounding, pointing, and "my" sign language to get my point across. The kids did really well with this but my husband is denser than a solid door. He said he didn't do sign language. So I pointed to my lips and said lip read. He said he doesn't lip read. (Hello, didn't you just read my lips?) Then I pointed to my head and his head and he said he doesn't read minds neither. So pretty much there was no conversation between the two of us last night but the kids and I could communicate! It was awful sitting out in the hot sun at Hayley's softball game and feeling terrible but I'm a dedicated mom and wanted to watch her play. And she played really well last night so it was worth it.

We ran to Culver's for supper being they were having their grand opening celebration and even root beer floats didn't soothe my throat.

Finally at 8:30 last night I decided I'd had enough and I was going to bed. I was starting to get a headache (and I was praying I wasn't getting strep throat)! So I took my birth control pill, a sleeping pill, and three ibuprofen and went to bed. Do you know how HARD it is to swallow FIVE pills when your THROAT is on FIRE plus you tense up and squirm when you're only swallowing your saliva?!?! How I got those pills down me is a miracle!!!

Well, I sure didn't sleep very good last night. I think I was awake more than I was asleep. In the middle of the night my nose starting running which is a nuisance but good news because the sore throat signals a cold and not strep throat. YEAH!

So I woke up this morning and still have a sore throat (not as bad) and a slightly stuffy nose but no headache so I think I can safely assume I do not have strep throat. I REALLY did not want to go in for a throat culture.

So back to the kissing...... My husband hasn't been sick. My kids haven't been sick. So where did I get this sore throat from??? My hubby is waiting for an answer.........

2 Visitors:

Just Mom said...

"I finally quit verbally communicating with my family. I used finger snaps, hand claps, pounding, pointing, and "my" sign language to get my point across."

I do this all the time. :-D

Sure hope you feel better this weekend.

Kerrie said...

I hope you're feeling better soon. I think it's about time you went and laid a huge kiss on your husband. Make sure to be quick to advise him that you won't be able to communicate with him at the onset of his sore throat. :)