infectious

i have infected kara. that's the worst of it. i felt better as yesterday went on, and work was fine. however, i was up several times last night coughing. i'm up early today because i'm going to a drugstore before work to pick up some of this and perhaps the nighttime version as well. kara doesn't like the nighttime version but i do. i was on it that night in lynnwood when yellow brought a large live rat into our home and i was on it when i whacked that rat with a broom down the stairs and out the front door of our duplex. anyway. kara might have it worse than i did on saturday. she's all coughing and achy and miserable. she doesn't have the aforementioned bad habit that i do, so she's taking today off work. but i, as i said, am going to the office after picking up some medicine at an all-night drug store. i like all-night stores, the slow-moving and dense atmosphere of such a place in the small hours of the morning. of course, it's almost 6, hardly the small hours any more. all the same. i feel terrible for having gotten kara sick. i'm glad she's able to take the day.

plus we just watched the zombie movie 28 weeks later via netflix, so we definitely know how bad infections can be.