I don't know if there can be anything "top" about being sick... but it does have its benefits. Yes, by the way, I am currently enjoying Flu like symptoms... I am only talking about the inconvenient kind of sick. Colds, sniffles and flu type, over the counter medicine, 24-48 bug kind of sick. Pain in my ass kind of sick... which brings us to number ten.
10) Being a pain in the ASS: everyone is allowed a 48 hour window to be cranky when your illness de jour settles in. Be it a summer cold or my annual February sinus infection, it's ok to say things like "do you mind going to the store and getting me something that I won't find nauseating to eat? Even though I'm really not hungry, more bored than anything, and I have no idea what I might even want to eat if I were hungry... Oh and magazine too! Something that will interest me..." Yeah, you have minimum 24 hrs, maximum 48hrs to say ridiculous things like that. Enjoy.
9) Sleep your ass off: Most people are under rested. Hold on, let me Google it... Ha! If you Google: "US population under rested" you get several articles on the US penitentiary system. Funny. Anyway, it is a loose figure but somewhere around 70% of us is estimated to be sleep deprived. So sleep! For the next 36 hrs sleep as much as you can! Several studies suggest it's probably the reason you are sick in the first place. Hit the snooze button, it's good for you.
8) Read an actual book: It really goes hand in hand with step 9. When not sleeping, read one of those books you keep stacking up on your dresser in your bedroom. We are not that far away from books and newspapers going the way of the walkman. Enjoy a book while you still can. Your Kindle/Nook/tablet can wait.
7) Drop a few pounds: Nothing will lift my spirits like stepping on the scale and seeing a slightly less me has survived the fever breaking sweat naps I've been taking. Yay! Thinner...
6) NetFlix Online: It's really quite awesome. Watch wretched one star movies to your hearts content. Better than the endless loop of Sports Center or Two and a Half Men (that darn Charlie Harper!) Also a ton of great documentaries and decent new releases and old classics. Also you can do headphones so you don't interrupt anyone else's viewing schedule. Seriously. It kicks ass.
5) Let yourself go: Shower? I don't need no stinking shower! The non shaving/non bathing routine of illness is kinda awesome. You already feel bad, you might as well smell bad! The unknown benefit is on day three when you have to re-enter society and you clean up and take a shower you feel AMAZING! At least for a bit...
4) Watch TV mindlessly: Clean out the ol' DVR or watch all those movies that you have been meaning to get back to your friend who loaned them to you but it will be awkward when they ask if you liked them and you didn't really watch them. Really anything to just waste the time until your immune system kicks in and gets you back up and running.
3) Eat whatever: Cheese popcorn and ginger ale currently tickling your fancy? Dig in! Diets don't apply when you are sick. Which is cool! However, you really can't exploit this either (currently the thought of a Sausage/Pep with a side of Krispy Kremes sounds disgusting and as you both know that is not usually the case!) You just want what you want. Try to have fun with it.
2) Busy work: This is really a nice thing. You can come out of your illness completely caught up on emails and other things procrastinated. It goes well with that shower on day three!
And finally.... Number One is: Track Suits
I have wanted a track suit for years but never purchased on for myself. Little Fun Fact: We tried to get custom matching track suits written into one of our record deals. We thought it would be cool. They didn't. I did however get, not one, but two track suits a few Christmases ago. They are everything I had hoped they would be. In all honesty I don't wear the suits as a set all that often. When I do, I feel like Tony Soprano (the lead Character from HBO's "the Sopranos") and I will also wear the whole set on special occasions like Christmas morning or New Year's Day. You feel real classy! I had not, however, worn my track suit while under the weather. Much better than flannel pj's or sweat pants. Plus they feel silky on your skin!
Feel better everybody and load up on vitamin C!
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