The doorbell rang and a few moments later my husband Steven walked into the kitchen holding an Amazon envelope. I was at the sink scrubbing a sauce pan I had used for dinner.
“I got you a present.” he said as he held out the envelope.
I looked over. “Really?” I dried my hands off on a towel and reached for the package. “Oh, my gosh! That’s so nice of you!” I tore open the envelope and reached inside, pulling out a long green rectangle pill holder. I looked back at Steven a confused look on my face.
“I got you your very own weekly pill case!” He was smiling as he reached into the envelope himself and pulled out a second blue one. “I got two colors for you to choose from!”
I put the envelope down on the counter and took the pill case in both my hands. “Why would I want a pill case?”
He looked over at the counter where several bottles of vitamins and supplements were sitting. “So you don’t have to leave these out anymore.”
I looked over at the bottles and sighed. “Well if I don’t see them out I forget to take them.” I went over to the bottles and looked at all the different labels. Vitamin C and D, Zinc and turmeric. “With all this stupid Covid stuff going on we’re suppose to be taking all of these to help keep our immune systems up.”
“I completely get it.” Steven said. “But there’s no reason to leave the bottles out.”
“I’ve never taken supplements before so when I left them in the cabinet I was always forgetting to take them.” I sighed.
He took the pill case from me and held it up. “That’s why I got you this!” He began popping open the lids that had the beginning letter of each day of the week stamped on it. “Now you just fill these compartments up and you can put the pill case somewhere where you’re sure to see it every morning. I put mine in our bathroom cabinet. I see it when I go to brush my teeth.” He handed me back the case.
“My grandmother had one of these.” I sighed as I took it back from him. “This thing makes me feel old.”
Our son Alex walked into the kitchen. “What are you guys up to?”
I held up my pill case. “Dad got me a present.” I sighed.
Steven handed the other one to Alex. “I got you one too!”
Alex laughed. “What am I, 80?”
I looked back at Steven “See!”
“This is so we don’t have to leave all these bottles on the countertop.” Steven explained as he pointed to the supplements.
Alex shrugged his shoulders and handed the pill case back to Steven. “I’m fine.”
“But we’ll forget to take them when they’re in the cabinet!” I cried as I looked at Alex.
Alex looked at me and shook his head. “I’ve never forgotten to take them when they’re in the cabinet.”
“Oh…” I looked over at the bottles on the countertop. “I thought I was leaving them out for both of us.”
“Nope.” Alex patted me on the shoulder. “I’m all good.”
“Fine.” I sighed as I looked down at my pill case. “I’ll use it.” I looked back at Steven. “But let’s not call it a present.”
Slice of Life 