Health and hubris

Note to self: never brag about health. When I told my brother this weekend that I was going over to keep a sick friend company he warned me, "Now don't get yourself sick." Rather than just assuring him that I'd be careful, I bragged about how Eli's been sick, friends have been sick, co-workers have been sick, but I've been the picture of blooming pregnant health since I religiously take my vitamins. As they used to say in fourth grade, "Scratch!" I am leakier than a Chicago basement in the summer. I make Kermit sound melodious. I went through nearly a dozen tissues on the el ride this morning. Serves me bloody right.