Catch your breath

I thought I was getting better. See, I am able to stay awake longer than an hour and talk without having a fit of coughing. But, after being on my feet for a while and actually doing something mundane,I don't   know, like, cooking dinner, I can't seem to catch my breath. I start to feel nauseous and faint. Ugg. Still sick.

I wonder where the phrase catch your breath came from? Probably a Black Plague creation or some other morbid reference. I am always amazed at how many phrases and traditions are based on our history of plagues and poor technologies. Gothic folk tales have inspired our modern day memories. 

Thank you gothic inspiration for giving me Beauty and the Beast to snooze by this week. My daughter loved listening to Belle get her crush-on and I appreciated that I slept enough thru a significant amount so didn't go insane. Yes, we watched it about nine times over three days. I just didn't have enough energy to change the DVD. I think we listened to the menu screen song for about five hours too. That's how you know you are sick, you willingly hit replay after the third time and don't even mind.