Man Flu

Yup, I've got it!!  Man flu!!!  For those of you who may be unfamiliar with this particular strain of virus let me demonstrate for you.  Man flu is when your husband, significant other or really any male living in your household comes down with the common cold but retreats to their bed as though they have malaria!  You know, staying in the bed ALL DAY. Sleeping 7/8 of the day away and asking to be waited on hand and foot. Moaning, groaning and looking like they are on deaths door over a stuffy nose and cough.  Now don't get me wrong, the common head cold can feel pretty damn shitty especially in the first 24 to 48 hours but the majority of us (mostly women) still keep on truck'n!   I don't know, maybe that's where we as women have it all wrong. (At least that's what my husband keeps trying to tell me)  Maybe we should take cover (literally) under the covers and rest for a 24 hour period uninterrupted so that we can recuperate better from the common head cold. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!! (Insert hyperventilating hiccuping belly laughs)  What is so funny you ask???  Well, us women seem to have a very difficult time accomplishing that simple idea of getting some real rest for one full day.  We just can't seem to escape without approximately 4 months of pre-planning just to get 24 hours of uninterrupted rest. There is the job outside of the home, the kids who of course have completely different needs at completely different times, the husband who may be away for work or just too unfamiliar with the rituals that it takes to run the household, the dishes, the laundry, the homework etc etc.  The list clearly goes on and on.  Honestly, in some ways I'm probably jealous that my husband like a lot of men out there can so easily retreat to the bedroom for some much needed uninterrupted rest.

So finally after roughly 40 years I'm deciding that I'll make the attempt to care for myself a little better when I'm unwell.  It won't always be easy but I'll definitely take better advantage.  Today my husband is working away from home on a field exam, both boys are currently in school and I have the house to myself with my fluffy puppers Cooper!  As much as I hate feeling cooped up, I'm going to catch up on the last two seasons of Arrow while sitting on my ass doing NOT A G-DDAMN THING!!!  Yup!  I'm going to claim Man Flu! I'm going to rest up today and enjoy the silence while I actually have it.  Kick back this evening and enjoy a relaxing Shabbat so that maybe I'll be feeling more like myself for tomorrow's wedding dress shopping with my super duper niece Jamie!!!!!!!  At least my stuffy nose might disguise the tears I'll likely shed while seeing her in a wedding dress!  ;)

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