i have been sick twice so far this year, and we're only a little over a month in to 2013. This time i have been sick since i drove back into town sunday - i felt fine while i was in dallas, and then i drove into a cloud of cedar and mold crap and went from feeling fine to horrible in about an hour's time. i've been down with a sinus infection and a touch of bronchitis, and am just a hot mess.
i've been having to juggle work and being sick, which totally sucks. all i want to do when i feel bad like this is lay down on the couch under a blanket with my toby watching crap tv.
i had a brilliant idea for a business venture today on my way to the grocery store and pharmacy for the second time this week. what really sucks is having to leave the house when you're sick - you obivously don't look your best, your snotty, face looks like a punching bag, hair is all over the place, and the last thing you want to do is run into someone you're forced to have a conversation with. i can go to the doctor pretty easily - she is literally right across the street (i'm talking yards), and i can go in there looking like ass and not care because they see hot mess sick people all damn day. but i hate having to get out to go to the store to get medicine, cough syrup, stuff to make soup (then subsequently having to make the soup), ice cream, you get the picture - i'm sure i'm not alone in this.
so here's my brilliant idea - a drive through pharmacy. but not just a drive through pharmacy, a drive through sick store/pharmacy that has all the things you may want or need when you're under the weather. these items include, but are not limited to:
1) prescribed meds and any over-the-counter meds, cough drops, vicks, ointments, vitamins, what-have-you
2) gingerale. whether i have an upset stomach or whether i have what i have now, i love gingerale. i don't know what it is about it. it is settling for the stomach and digestive system, but the carbonation feels good on a sore throat and it's not too sweet.
3) juice, gatorade, hot tea, and any other liquid that may sooth the ailing throat or stomach. and if you get the hot tea, it's already steeping in a cup - it's all ready to go.
4) ice cream, fro yo, popsicles - being sick is an awesome excuse to enjoy all three of these and the smooth cold feels awesome on a sore throat.
5) kleenex - obviously
6) homemade chicken soup. this is a big one. cooking seems like such a chore when i'm sick, but canned soup is totally disgusting and the food snob in me refuses to surrender to such things. i bit the bullet the other day and purchased what i needed to in order to make chicken soup, but it was exhausting - not gonna lie. so, my sick store would sell homemade chicken soup - and the good kind with the noodles.
7) any other foods that sick people like - crackers, ramen, applesauce, etc.
8) sweat pants and pajamas. if you're having to stay home in bed or on the couch for a few days, you're gonna need plenty of clean jams and sweats and sometimes you just run out and then you have to contemplate whether doing the exhausting chore of laundry is worth it (see 11 below).
9) vaporizors
10) my dog is my buddy always, but definitely when i feel crappy. i think toby knows when i feel bad because he attaches himself to me, gives me kisses, naps with me, and helps me feel better. therefore, my sick store could have some sort of foster service in which people without dogs can, in a sense, 'check out' a dog to take home while they're sick. this idea probably wouldn't work and you also don't want a whole bunch of crazies out there 'renting' dogs, but the reason behind the idea makes sense.
11) a possible laundry service. doing daily activities and chores suck balls when you're sick, and being able to drop off some dirty clothes and pick them up all warm and clean and fresh would be small victory in a seemingly uphill battle.
12) magazines and books, but also a video rental service. for those of us that don't stream netflix, including myself, waiting for two movies to come through the snail mail just isn't sufficient when you need to keep yourself entertained and lazy all day long. so, you could go use the red box or whatever that is inside of the drive through sick pharmacy.
12) emergen-c on tap and/or airborne on tap. they keep these mixed in tea urns sometimes at work, and it's awesome - my sick drive through would have these as well, and only in the good flavors.
austin used to have a lot of these drive through convenient stores - i'm sure we still do, i just haven't been to one in years. but, they were awesome - you could drive through and pick up some cigarettes, beer, dr pepper, and a snack. how baller is that? this would really take that idea to the next level - i seriously think i have a winner idea here. and it would be especially successful in central texas where allergies are straight from the devil and someone is always sick.
so there you have it - a stroke of brilliance during this sick gross week of mine.
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