Impersonating an opera heroine, again!

[blamebrampton]

I am healthy most of the time! But I don't mention that here, instead, only the plagues are spoken of.

This one is rather plaguey, I still have no voice, but now have a cough. I hope it is not the cough that Mr B has because he is onto his third antibiotic and has a codeine cough suppressant. Overachiever.

I had pomegranate with vanilla ice-cream to soothe my throat. The pomegranate had been in the fridge, so I had to give it a really good thump to knock all the seeds out, cutting it into sections, squeezing and thwacking it with a spoon. It was delicious.

I went to whisper to Mr Brammers about just how delicious it had been. He looked at me, concerned. 'How are you feeling?' he asked.

'Sick!'

'Do you have a fever?'

'Yes!' I said, pleased that he had noticed that I was poorly. 'I'm not enjoying it!'

'I think you might need to go up to the hospital ...'

'It's not that bad, it's just laryngitis, or a cold.'

He shook his head. 'You've come out in an awful rash!'

I ran to the bathroom to look in the mirror. I was, indeed, covered in red dots. I reached out my tongue and licked one off my chin. Yep. Pomegranate juice.

OK, that's the limit of my coherence for the day. I owe many comments, especially to the people who cheered me up immensely this afternoon with such lovely words. I believe my brain will return after a good sleep or two. Might nick a bit of the codeine ...

Comments

[leela-cat.livejournal.com]

LOL... you know, I've never known how to eat a pomegranate, just saying. You've given me food for thought (perhaps literally).

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

They're so yummy! You can be all sedate and just cut it into sections and scoop out the pulp. My Lebanese friends all used to laugh at me for spitting out the seeds, but I still do to this day (I have a little cup so I can do it genteely!) Or you can give it a good knock to loosen everything up, then cut it open and squeeze out the pulp, or thwack it some more with a spoon, or both :-) You can sieve out the seeds, or munch them down, and it's fab over ice-cream, with lamb or chicken or fish if you eat meat, as a juice, with soda water, or with vodka if it's all been too much :-)

[leela-cat.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... that makes it sound yummy.