A Sickening Day

The subconscious mind is an incredible thing. From the depths of my reverie, I dimly perceived a subdued, lone retch. An instant later, I remember waking up in front of the bathroom light switch, as Carole raced past me and into the bathroom for an important conversation on the porcelain phone. Being such a sound sleeper, I marveled at how my subconscious was able to act on this signal before I was aware of what was happening.

The human body is also an incredible thing. Eons of evolution have produced the pre-vomit retch, a small but effective warning signal and system check before lunging for the eject button. Wouldn't it be great if you could listen in on the dialogue between your medulla oblongata and your digestive system before you vomit?:

"This is mission control, we are beginning final check sequence before launching tonight's dinner across the room. Final sequence check begin. Stomach?"
"Check."
"Esophagus?"
"Check."
"Throat?"
"Check?"
"Tongue and mouth?"
"Check."
"Final connection test on my mark... 3, 2, 1, mark"
"HUUUUAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!"
"Sequence check pass. All systems are go, we are clear to launch, repeat, we are clear to launch. We are at T minus 5 and counting...."

But I digress. Anyways, Carole, being her overachiever self, heaved with such enthusiasm that she popped a blood vessel in her left eye. This was around 1AM.

When I woke up around 7AM, Carole was still feeling quite under the weather, and seemed unlikely she would want to do much today other than rest and recover, so I decided to sign up for a day-long cooking class at one of the nearby schools before class started.

The class itself was pretty good, we made 7 different dishes. Unfortunately, as the class progressed, I began to feel less than well myself. It was truly ironic; the one day I could eat to my heart's content, and I had no appetite. After class finished, I came back to the guesthouse and lie down, having some stomach issues of my own.

Needless to say, neither of us did much with the rest of the day.

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