So don't even ask.

I have been sick for almost a week now. Saturday night I noticed I had a sore throat, but Sunday's dinner guests said they weren't afraid of germs and would join us anyway, and we all chowed down on pork chops and corn on the cob.

Monday I woke up feeling like death warmed over. Thank god it was Labor Day because E was able to put aside all his house-project plans* and just watch the baby all day. I spent most of the day in bed.

My dad came Tuesday to watch the baby while I went to the doctor. She took a throat culture and gave me a prescription for amoxicillin, which I started immediately, and which has not had significant effect. Each day I have felt a little, eensy, teensy, tiny bit better; you can probably measure my improvement in how much I'm able to force myself to eat each day.

Dad (aka Grandpa), bless his heart, came back every single day to feed the baby, take him to the park, etc. ("Thank god he's retired," said E.) My mom came too, for one morning, all she could get away from her work.

This is why people want to live near family when they have babies. I don't know what else we would have done this week. E was preparing for a trip (he left this morning) so he couldn't take off any time, and I suddenly require more naps than the baby.

The baby -- did I mention he started crawling this week? I can't just lie feverish on the couch while he sits in one place playing with my shoelaces, like I could have last week. No, I have to constantly follow him and hover over him and pick him up and pull him back and distract him with more exciting things than the plugged-in power strip (and what could be more exciting than that?).

I'm going back to the doctor tomorrow. She wants to look at my throat again, and draw some blood to test for mono. Mono? I thought only teenagers got mono? Apparently not, though it's unusual for adults to get it. Interesting fact:

Once you get over mono, your symptoms will go away for good, but you still carry the virus that caused it. The virus may become active from time to time without causing any symptoms. When the virus is active, it can be spread to others.

So it could have been any of you! <pointing and staring accusingly> Any of you who have had mono, and shared a glass with me. Or kissed me.

*Note to self: do a post on house projects. E has already accomplished several, like putting a door at the top of the basement stairs (just in time before the baby started crawling).