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"   If you&amp;#039;re like me, you&amp;#039;re going to have to deal with a sick spouse at some point in your life. I&amp;#039;m talking down for the count, ill. As I type, that would describe me. I&amp;#039;m exhausted, tired and can barely walk without feeling like I have to sit back down again. Rather than figure Rex can read my mind, I told him exactly what I needed from him. 1. Don&amp;#039;t expect a fancy dinner. 2. Please put the kids to bed for me. (Or at the very least direct traffic to the tooth washing/pee/pajama station until they are ready to read with their pathetic mama. 3. Stay on me about going to the doctor if this doesn&amp;#039;t go away by Wednesday. 4. Gently remind me to back out of my oh-so-important engagements. 5. Bring me some chocolate, flowers and a big cup of decaf. That last one? I didn&amp;#039;t really ask for that. But it sure would encourage me to put him to bed when I&amp;#039;m finally out of mine. Wink wink. Keeping the posts short this week. Here&amp;#039;s to antibiotics working and fabulous spouses who support us when we&amp;#039;re down! And don&amp;#039;t forget to ask for what you need. Your husband might not be Dr. McDreamy, but last I checked, that dude is television character. For your very real, loveable husband, just be direct. He&amp;#039;ll thank you for it. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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