Awwww, Latestarter,
hope you both feel better real soon.
I had a bit of a rough holiday as well. Got an "or else" note from my dr about getting my flu shot and a pneumonia something or other booster. Went to Walgreens on Friday and got them (DH got his flu shot too) and had an allergic reaction to the 2nd one and couldn't use my left arm (guess which handed I am, yep) for two days. It actually went down hill from there, literally on Saturday night. I was heading down the hallway in a rush, heard the microwave beep and attempted to make a fast U-turn. Felt my feet slip on the rug and go one way, the rest of me go the other, next thing I know I smack my head on the edge of the microwave stand, then bounce off the floor. I wind up flat on my back looking up at my DH. He says, "what happened?" I give him the LOOK and state the obvious "I fell" at which time he wisely retreats to the livingroom while I carefully take inventory of the damage. Fortunately the final tally was a few bruises, sore muscles, and a screaming headache. Nothing broken, thank you Lord.
I think it actually worked in my favor tho because the next morning I stiffly walked into the bedroom where DH sat sorting some papers on the bed. Remembering what (I think) GetAClue said about the direct approach, I said "Will you answer me honestly if I ask you something?" "Why won't you let me get a kitty?" He just looked up "you can get a kitty" "Really? That's all I wanted for Christmas so you don't have to get me anything else". That made him smile. That made me smile because I recognized it as his "whew! I'm off the hook!" smile.
