delicate flower

My friends used to laugh and call me "delicate flower" when I got sick.

Unlike most people, I don't usually get sick in the cold months. I get sick in the heat of summer. I was not meant to live in a hot climate, I don't think, and hot weather really destroys me. That, I think, is why I got so sick this last week. And still I feel lousy, although the worst of it is clearly over.