Alice’s clarity born of sickness
There is a thought that has been brewing this week and waiting for a few free minutes where it can become a blog entry. Now is the time and here is the idea.
Alice often jokes that I prefer her when she is sick because I can take care of her and she doesn’t have the energy to fight back. I have come to the conclusion that this is not the reality but instead it is that Alice achieves a Zen like openness that allows her to see and accept things beyond her normal perception. For instance, that I am most often right in what I tell her. 
Here is the short list of what would normally be revolutionary changes in Alice’s behavior that, in the context of her being sick, make me think she has transcended to a higher plane:
* When told she had to stay home she went and got her blackberry and put it on the table next to the bed without once hissing at me
* When told to put socks on when walking around the house… she did
* After heading back to work later in the week she used her blackberry to let me know she was at the doctor’s office getting checked out
* No, you don’t understand… the last one is huge. Normally I can never find her and here she is using technology to let me know she’s ok.
* After we got her work laptop setup for her WFH day she looked at me and said, “I think I need a new laptop for home.” 2 years of me saying that and today she suggests it… that’s progress! (PS- I try to explain to her that I only support hardware less than 3 years old and anything between 2 and 3 is begrudging at best)
* Tonight while telling me how she’s using the blackberry more and more for work when out of the office and she joked about how soon she’d be checking emails over dinner. I fell in love with her all over again.
Yes, I know… first world problems.