new year, new leap

since thursday, i had this ticklish cough on my throat. i knew it was turning out to be cough but i ignored it, thinking it will vanish with water and rest. but so far, i was not successful with the rest part, as since new year, i was busy as a bee, and water sometimes becomes forgotten.

last night, i had to sleep in the other room because i kept tossing and turning in bed, and my cough was getting louder and louder. it was unfair on adrian who needed his much needed rest, so i asked if i could sleep in the guest room, or else not sleep at all. bless him,i think he didnt realise i was coughing, but i cant rest when i know, im waking him up with my tossing and turning and coughing bouts.

today, he put his foot down. he said, i needed to drink a cough medicine. he knows how i hate cough meds because the taste always, always, trigger retching from me which can lead to gorging out my meals.

i remember since i was a kid, it took a copious amount of bribery and threatening from my parents and 4 people to hold me to just let me take down cough medicine. i didnt have a problem taking down tablets and capsules but to let me drink that putrid taste of medicine, was always torture and chaos at our household.

all through my life, i have been waiting for that genius to invent a cough tablet (i still havent discovered one yet, everytime i go to a pharmacist, it was always a liquid medicine given to me, which always get refused on my part).

so today, i braved it. i guess, its part of being an adult. knowing that if i dont take the medicine, it will be me who would suffer in the end, especially work is back tomorrow. and life goes on (and still gets harder) whether one is at the pink of health or whether coughing like a barking dog.

i pat myself in the back. by downing so far, 3 rounds of this medication, i have reached a milestone in my life.