Random Thoughts on the Christmas Scene
So I don’t have time to write a whole lot. So I thought I’d just share some personal news and some good stuff that may interest you.
First, yesterday was our anniversary. But Keith just got sicker and sicker. On Tuesday night I told him we really didn’t need to go out for dinner. We could just order really, really nice take out. (Because who wants to sit in a restaurant pretending to have fun when they’re sick?) He said absolutely not. But when I was talking to him on the phone yesterday during the day, he was remarkably easy to convince.
That was when I knew he was REALLY sick.
You know the “man-cold” idea, about how pathetic men get when they’re sick? Keith’s not like that. In our marriage it’s me who is pathetic. Keith just always says, “I’m fine,” no matter how he feels. I’ve stopped asking, “how are you feeling?” and I’ve started asking, “On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being your idea of fine and 10 being my idea of fine, how are you?” That works better! 
