this sickness

today’s challenge is for me to write this entire post about how i’m SO SICK but to not make it gross or depressing. here goes…

i am SO SICK. as in, i don’t want to go out in public sick- who wants to be THAT girl sniffling over your shoulder on the soup aisle? not i. although, if you’ve spent any length of time on the soup aisle, you’ve come to expect this. ANYWAY, i’m saving you from that by sitting on my couch desperately trying to come up with meals based on the hodgepodge of ingredients in our close to empty kitchen. last night we had roasted acorn squash filled with wild rice- you got it! we’re pretty much out of meat. i’m thinking shrimp bisque for tonight since we have some baby shrimp in the freezer and some canned tomatoes and stuff- already not excited about that meal. but YOU, dear reader, will NOT be dealing with my sniffles in public if i can help it!

when i get sick i go slightly crazy- in case the previous paragraph didn’t already make that clear i think it only fair that i state it. my equilibrium is always the first thing i lose so i can usually be found, arms out for balance, attempting to get to my bed from the kitchen. it’s a sight to behold i am sure- especially when i forget the arms out tactic and try to play it off when i walk straight into a door frame. i agree with what you’re thinking, playing off hitting the door frame IS impossible.

especially thanks to this next sick characteristic- emotions running wild. equilibrium already shot, i was making breakfast for matt when i tried to flip his fried egg and completely missed catching it- i watched in horror as the runny egg landed directly on top of our lower right gas burner. PAN.DE.MONIUM. there were tears. matt literally picked me up, put me on the couch and banned me from getting up until breakfast was on the table. sweet? yes. but also, i think he as just afraid for our kitchen.

so when my balance is off and tears come easily there is a whole new brand of rationale that takes over. example. just a few minutes ago i decided that to fight this sickness i needed vitamin c. do we have the supplements? yes. but i felt the need for fresh. our building backs up to a grocery but since i am not leaving the apartment i decided to make my own juice. my rationale so far seems ok i guess- even though in the amount of time i took to think this through i could have just taken a supplement- but it gets a little fuzzy after this…

…i think of our hand juicer and decide that is entirely too much work so instead i just pull out two oranges, a grapefruit, a lemon and the blender. yes that’s right, the BLENDER. i’ve decided instead of juicing i’m going to just BLEND it to death. i peel the fruit (in this amount of time all could have been cut in half and juiced with the hand juicer) and drop everything into the blender. i add a little water and sugar and hit puree. right away i realize our blender might explode and i prepare for the worst by pushing down on the lid (??) like my life depends on it. but soon enough the huge chunks are getting smaller and a little smile of success is creeping across my face.

when everything looks done i pour it into a glass and take a huge gulp- which i immediately regret. my mouth is splintered with tiny slivers of wood and my throat is thick with flat pieces of citrus membrane. after a little confusion over the woody texture and another sip to make sure i wasn’t crazy (verdict: mouth splinters) i realized the wood was seeds that had been blended into pieces and distributed evenly throughout my beverage. i’m losing patience fast but i can’t keep drinking it the way it is (i may have tried to again), so i grabbed a couple pieces of cheesecloth and strained it. i now have a glass of the most perfect tasting, healthy, sickness stopper ever made. it’s glorious. and it only took, oh, an HOUR. ugh.

anyway, we’re headed out to shoot later this afternoon and we have a meeting tonight so we’ll see how well i hide the insanity. i’ll probably just try to stay really focused which will make me really quiet and only a little creepy, of course i’ll keep you posted. we will be back soon with some sweet, legit blog posts about awesome clients with pretty pictures. until then, please send vibes of warm, glowing health our direction! :)