I am sick today. My head is a throbbing ball of mucous, my eyes burn from fever. I am aching in every joint and just want to stay under a blanket on the sofa.<\/p>\n
This is poor timing, as tonight I have plans to have dinner with Nikola. He is very understanding when I call to postpone, but I feel terrible about it all the same.<\/p>\n
“It’s far from the world’s end,” he says. “We will go in a couple of days. I’m certain they will still be serving food to people in restaurants after you are feeling better.”<\/p>\n
“But I wanted to go tonight,” I say. “I’m feeling very whiny about the whole thing. I hate rescheduling.”<\/p>\n
“Then I will bring you dinner and we will have a meal at your sick bed. It will be very romantic.”<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to make you sick too.”<\/p>\n
“I have a strong Serbian constitution. I think I will survive. Unless it’s cholera. You don’t think it’s cholera, is it?”<\/p>\n
“I’m fairly sure it’s not cholera.”<\/p>\n
“In that case, I will be over at seven. I will surprise you with something delicious. We will make the best of your bad health.”<\/p>\n
“Hopefully I won’t die by then,” I say.<\/p>\n
“If you do,” he says, “I will mourn your passing after I finish eating the delicious meal I will be providing.”<\/p>\n
“At least your priorities are in the right place.”<\/p>\n
“I am a growing boy. Nutrition is very important. There is always time for grief later.”<\/p>\n
I’m not sure if I’m supposed to dress up for a sick date or not. This is uncharted territory for me.<\/p>\n
I should at least perhaps bathe.<\/p>\n
I am still a civilized woman, after all.<\/p>\n
Even if I am full of snot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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