I'm pretty sure I've blogged about this already but I can't find it.
At our house, when you are sick, you have one day to be full on pathetic. Whiny, feeling sorry for yourself, being made tea and soup by the unsick, getting to chose what to watch on TV, quiet self-pity weeping, the whole nine yards. Lean into it. You are loved.
If feeling sick lasts LONGER than one day, however, the unsick spouse may require inducements to continue treating the sick with the same level of love and patience.
Enter the cat ears. Here is Emmy, modelling them.
We got these cat ears for a Hallowe'en party back in Toronto more than 10 years ago and somehow they made it all the way to Vancouver with us. And when one of us feels really shitty, we put the cat ears on and the extra cuteness of the cat ears generally delivers at least one more full day of indulgence and sympathy. It's a great system and has avoided years of hurt sick person feelings and flashes of well person irritation. All couples should try this method.
All this to say that the cold I've been fighting off for a couple of weeks seems to be winning and I needed a pathetic day. But since we're all so choked about the election still, I knew that the chances of getting my full day of sympathy was pretty slim. So today, I am full on wearing the cat ears. And I'm pretty sure that the end result is that I look like this:
SNUGGLE ME.
