This seems to be a trend… I get sick, and then a day or two later, Andrew gets sick. Not only sick- but this time super sore as well, my poor travel partner was not doing so well today. I'm so happy I picked the best room we looked at last night. Because, if you're going to spend all day in one room, you may as well have a nice one, right? (Ok, well, it's nicer...)
We had planned to sleep in (something we haven't done in several days) and then with Andrew sick, we decided to stay in as well. We watched tv and movies. I slipped out for water and food replenishments (for me). Andrew slept. I thought about slipping out longer and taking some video of the neighborhood we're staying in, until Andrew suggested I take a video of us being sleepy and sick. A pretty accurate "day in a minute" video for our day, as this does happen, and not every day can be as exciting as walking into The Taj Mahal, so I decided to take him up on it. You can thank him for how boring this video is. And no, there are no surprises in the minute at all. It's rather boring, just as our day was.
We often get asked where "home" is for us. I always laugh and answer that we don't really have one at the moment. The latest girl who asked, a Chinese tv producer we met in Nepal, thought it was so romantic that we are eachother's home while we travel. Maybe I too, would think it was romantic if I wasn't aware of how dirty one gets on the road, or how unromantic the places are that we sometimes stay, or what it's like being sick and taking care of eachother in a foreign hotel room. Again, all of this might seem romantic on the outside looking in, and maybe I should just keep it that way even though it doesn't exactly feel romantic when one of us has to go out for more toilet paper for the other…
As boring as it is being (somewhat) healthy while the other one is sick, it's really comforting having someone with you. If nothing else to deal with the front desk man, run out for more tp and water, or be the one to get out of bed so you can lay in misery in it until you feel better. I don't know how I would make it through if I was sick, on my own, in India. Andrew confirmed he wouldn't either, maybe in not so many words…
"If you would give me food poisioning, I'd still eat you…" at least this is what he said while I was sick, and he was healthy. I think he might change his mind after today…
