Get Well Stickies!

So the story goes like this - I left work on Monday evening sneezing. A lot. And I thought, man - my allergies are horrible! Went to a Birthday happy hour for Felipe, and then about an hour later it hit me. Hard. I had a rapid onset rhinovirus. Well, to be less dramatic, I got a cold.

Jump to Tuesday morning. I woke up after a miserable night of sleep and dragged myself in to work (I knew it wasn't the flu, so there was no hesitation in that respect). I had a candidate visiting and I needed to make arrangements for him to be taken around during the day. Felipe told me to go home early, and after the 16th sneeze in a row (okay, dramatics here again) and two hours of tying up loose ends - I went home.

The first sticky I saw was the one Felipe had left for me on the bathroom door....rest and recover my energies. I certainly would! The second was the 'get better soon' sticky that was on the bedroom door. And the last, one of the best of all was waiting for me on my pillow - besitos-quil. I must say, the FDA should look into this. It was far superior to any Nyquil or Dayquil product! Needless to say, I slept for another three hours and have been working my strength back up! Thanks to my wonderful husband for the super sweet notes :D

Warning: Rant Below
I went back to work today, with the aid of some cough suppressants and expectorants and seemed to make it through. One thing I have realized is that I really dislike it when people on the bus look at me with disdain or flinch with terror every time I cough. I will have you know that I am covering my mouth with four layers of folded handkerchief and my hands - these flinchers are more likely to become ill from the bar they just handled on the back of the bus seat than my own coughing. I will also let it be publicly known that I do not carry the bubonic plague, tuberculosis, leprosy or the dreaded swine flu (see also these). Okay, rant done.

Thanks for all the get well wishes!

Sticky Notes (a.k.a. - Post Its)

Felipe had to go out of town today for work - it has taken him to the wonderful city of Detroit! (He says he can see Canada from his hotel room window) Felipe has a nice "habit" of sometimes leaving me post it notes around the house when he goes out of town. Today I arrived home and was hoping to see a note or two, but the first place I checked - the bathroom mirror - there was none :(

I was pleasantly surprised to open the fridge and find my "diet coke besitos"! He had after all left me notes...

Of course at this point I had to continue looking. That is when I found the three notes below:





Felipe is an expert stick person artist...I have so many good stick people sticky notes! I think he left the book on my pillow so that I would read/study a bit tonight. I've been working through Manolito Gafotas to practice my Spanish comprehension and reading it out loud with Felipe to practice my pronunciation. (I hope it's helping!)

I am looking forward to Felipe's return from Detroit...but in the meantime I have his notes to keep me company!