March 15, 2005

Athletic Supporter

I think I've been to the gym every day this week. I'm proud of me.

However, I think joining a gym is probably similar health-wise to sending your young child to pre-school. You get a lot of stress relief out of it, but you end up bringing home a lot of new germs. So despite all my healthy intentions, I appear to be getting sick.

I can't blame it all on the gym. Matt has been hacking up lung butter for at least a week. Since he gets chronic sinus infections, we just chalked it up to more of the same. However, he went to see a doctor today (with a certain amount of nagging persuasion on my part), and it turns out he's probably got walking pneumonia. Yikes.

Now I've got a sore throat. I'm kind of in a quandry, too. See, I ovulated the other day and now there's a chance that I might possibly be in a family way, though we certainly won't know for another couple of weeks. I have pretty much been dealing with this slim margin of chance for the last several months, and have tried to behave appropriately. I don't drink anything alcoholic during those two weeks per month, and goofy as it is, I try to eat better. Once Aunt Flo arrives, I break out the whiskey bottle and the menthols. Kidding.

Anyway, what do you parents/pending parents think? Is it safe for me to take any cold medicine or anything? I am planning on calling my doctor tomorrow, for what it's worth...