Sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever – yeah, we need some of that

Oh my goodness, the Quill Sisters are in bad shape. Ava has had a terrible run of what she insisted was allergies for more than a week. That’s what she always calls it – allergies. It’s a text-book case of total denial.

She damn near died at the Walmart when she went to buy Musinex and a toilet brush. That’s only part of what makes the story so funny and hopefully I’ll get her to tell it here. The incident which she is certain is in Walmart security footage somewhere had her nearly asphyxiating from a coughing fit. Two little old ladies and an ancient paramedic ran to her side, but she waved them off with the toilet brush, insisting that she didn’t need or want them to call 911.

She blames me because I wasn’t there to keep them from ministering to her, but I’m certain I wouldn’t have been much help. I’d have been laughing too hard, which inevitably would have thrown me into my own coughing fit and we would have both been dragged away in an ambulance.

Just to prove my sister’s delusional I want you to know that she didn’t buy the Musinex because it cost $15. As opposed to the co-pay for the ambulance. She did however pay for the toilet brush.

I fully admit I have a cold. Or something akin to Legionnaires disease. I’ve been running a low-grade fever, my nose is a faucet while at the same time I have crazy sinus pressure. My eyes are watering and I’ve never sneezed so much in my entire life. I’m completely exhausted and über whiney. This is all Ava’s fault.

We both felt so bad we never even got around to writing the Five Favorite Things this week. We apologize. It’ll be especially good this coming week. We promise.