Knocked Up and Not Feeling Well

Derek and I watched "Knocked Up" last night, sort of by accident. He was handling a few gastro-intestinal issues and left me coughing up a lung and flipping channels in the living room. I ran across this movie and first started watching it just to see if it would live up to my negative impression. The movie exceeded my first impression, actually and turned out to be not only full of baudy humor, but also one that included a decent plot and a touching message.

I mentioned Derek's gastro-intestinal issues and my coughing fits (WebMD has convinced me that it is Consumption) only because there is a scene in the movie that was very similar to our boring married life. A couple is doing their nightly routine getting ready for bed, brushing teeth, washing faces and the husband asks his wife if she feels like having sex. She mentions that she has been constipated, but then says "we can do it if you still want to." This scene is the kind of thing that they should show newly engaged couples with a warning--THIS IS WHAT YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO BE LIKE. No more nudges or kisses on the neck to get you in the mood for having sex. Just constipation and a question, no romance.

This is a reminder to myself that I should not take even the little things for granted. It was not long ago that there was no one being kept awake by their concern about my cough, no one to pass me a tissue, no one to run to the store for medicine for me and no one to ask me if I wanted to do it.