Sick Day

Well folks- cold season is officially here and, not wanting to be left out, B and I are participating in full force. B starting feeling down on Sat evening and by Sun evening he was definitely sick! I held out from catching his cold until late last night. B had to be home on Mon and Tues since he wasn't feeling at all well and he sweetly stayed home to help me today. Our landlady is convinced this is all due to not wearing slippers in the house. Evidently the passing of germs between people is not the real reason colds get passed-scientific hooey to be sure.

Before I started feeling badly, I spent time running errands and trying my best to take care of B. Yesterday evening, our landlady offered to take me back to the large grocery store we went to on our first day here. It was much more manageable this time since I was not jet lagged or dirty. Since we left the house at 5:30 PM-the height of rush hour and in Bucharest that is no laughing matter- the entire trip to the store was over 3 hours! I feel like I nearly bought the whole store, but it was really nice to be able to buy what we needed/wanted and not feel constrained by what we could carry. At least we are set for a while and we even have the Romanian equivalent to Doritos-labelled Tortilla Chips- and some salsa! We also have tons of dried goods and I was able to find quite a few spices, including cinnamon and nutmeg. I was even able to find a soup packet (they don't really do canned soup here) of the Romanian version of Chicken Noodle soup and B said it was actually pretty good. It was all very exciting and has been helpful since neither of us are feeling up to going out to shop or eat at a restaurant at the moment. -S