Cough Drops and Take Out Lo Mein

It starts off all bright and cherry-flavored, but it finishes like Robitussin mixed with Listerine.

I didn't cook today.  I'm a firm believer in vegetable lo mein and cough drops when you're sick.  Actually, I don't care what you eat when you're sick - I'm a firm believer in vegetable lo mein and cough drops when I'm sick.  

Ok, ok, I care what you eat when you're sick.  Sorry.  Next time I'll make you some soup.

Also, I'm fully aware that every post here switches between "next you add the..." and "then I added the..."  all throughout.  What do you call that?  It's not a tense shift.  It's like a perspective shift.  Like a person-shift.  I don't know.