The day started out so well… we woke up early, feeling rested then we got up, grabbed the newspapers and read them over coffee.
The sun was out in full – so much so in fact I needed to wear my sunnies! There’s something really lovely about winter sun, crisp cold weather but there’s that hint of heat too. An all-round, dreamy day off spent with my boyfriend.
But cut to 12 hours later and at approximately 4am I woke up with the worst stomach pains ever. I jolted out of the bed to try ease the pain, pacing up and down the landing so I didn’t wake himself.
Then that awful washing machine, nauseas feeling again. My stomach and everything in it was going round and around. And Oh God I’m gonna be sick! Quickly as I could I dashed to the loo. It just kept coming – between the stomach spasms, projectile vomitting and tears rolling down my cheeks my body was out of control. I prayed that most of it had gone into the bowl because I hadn’t time to flick the light switch on the way in.
As I sat on the bathroom floor groaning and sighing with relief I could hear Louis mooching around in the bedroom too. I must have woken him up with all my very unsexy animalistic noises! And because I didnt want to disturb him anymore than I already had and I was sweating like a front-row, female fan at a Bressie gig I decided to go into the spare room. I just needed to be in a cold bed… naively convinced a cold bed would cure me.
Just as I was beginning to drift off to sleep again I heard Louis having a tummy heave-ho in the loo! Right on cue mine decided to have another ‘episode’ but this time he was locked in the bathroom so I had to run downstairs for more ‘business’.
It was at this point that I realised we had food poisoning… I’ve poo pooed (pardon the pun) the safe food ads thinking ‘that’s all a bit much’, the one where the mother is chopping chicken before the vegetables then kisses her daughter. Well, all last week I replayed that ad in my mind. Kitchens whether its your own or a professional one must be extremely careful and vigilant about cleanliness.
On a positive note, I lost about 3lbs and lets face it there’s nothing like a dose of you know what to bring a couple closer together!
M X
