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The last 24 hours I have been battling an awful case of food poisoning, at least – that’s what I think it is. Yesterday evening about 7:00 I wasn’t feeling great, I tried laying down for a while hoping that the cramps in my stomach would go away. Well, 30 minutes later I still felt like trash, and soon enough I had to start running for the bathroom and for the first time in my life I threw up for about an hour straight. It was horrible. I won’t bore/disgust you with the details, partly because that’s just gross and partly because it was indescribably awful. After about two hours I started to worry about getting dehydrated, and I really wished I could just fall asleep and make it all go away. So, I phoned up my friend Ben and asked if he’d bring me some gatorade. A few minutes later he showed up with 2 big bottles of the good stuff, and sat at the end of my bed and chatted, rubbed my back and kept telling me that it’d be ok. One more trip to the porcelain bowl and I was so exhausted I just wanted to fall asleep. And thanks to Sir Ben, I finally succeeded. He jokes that all it takes is a man in my bed and I’ll fall asleep straight away. And while he was kidding, I kind of wonder if there is some truth to that statement. I was so relieved to know that someone was there with me, and it was reassuring enough to allow my mind to relax enough to doze off.
My stomach isn’t quite so uh, acrobatic today -but I am still completely exhausted. Millions of thanks to Ben, who really is one of those knights in shining armor. He brings gatorade when I’m sick, has been known to scrape off my car when it snows and generally is proof that chivalrous gentlemen still exist. Now if only I can a) track down the individual(s) who poisoned me and b) convince Chivalrous Ben to send a lance through their elbow I’ll be in good shape.
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Poor you! I hope the bug goes away soon, you’re lucky to have someone as sweet as that looking after you. xo
Comment by alyndabear 2007 May 22 @ 3:07 amthat sounds most un-fun. glad it seems to be better though!
Comment by janet 2007 May 22 @ 4:50 amSo sorry to hear about you being sick – no fun at all! Good work to Ben for coming through, though.
Comment by Janssen 2007 May 22 @ 6:01 amoh no! hope you feel better soon dear
Comment by JenKneeBee 2007 May 22 @ 7:28 amHooray for Ben. Here’s hoping you get back to 100% soon so we can hear the rest about your trip!
(Last weekends “This American Life” on NPR was about roadtrips. You should give it a listen!)
Comment by Isabel 2007 May 22 @ 9:14 amHehe, glad I could help Heidi. Hope ya get to feelin the rest of the way better.
Comment by Ben 2007 May 22 @ 9:22 amI’m glad you’re feeling better – yay Ben!
Comment by Trish Ryan 2007 May 22 @ 9:25 amFood poison is no fun! but lucky, you have a good friend, Ben, that took good care of you.
Comment by Scrumptious Dessert 2007 May 22 @ 10:21 amBoo on the food poison, but I am with you on loving long trips. My husband and I drove from PA to Laramie, WY and from Laramie to TN. The trip was amazing and while we lived there we drove all over the state as well as Colorado. It is sooo amazing. I don’t think it is odd at all to drive. It is an astounding trip.
Comment by Making my way in PA 2007 May 22 @ 1:12 pmWe also got married in Bozeman, MT and drove up tp Glacier NP.
Ugh, my stomach is churning just thinking about it! I’m glad you’re feeling better.
Comment by Angela 2007 May 22 @ 7:13 pmYou’re telling me a man will cure my weeks and weeks of restless nights? Hmmm, I choose insomnia
for lack of a better choice 
Comment by Andrea Jolene 2007 May 23 @ 8:06 pm