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The Upside of Being Under the Weather

Ugh. I'm just recovering from a nasty bout with a devilish bug that had me laid up for the past couple days. Today is the first day since Saturday that I feel able to get up and move about in a semi-regular fashion, albeit with significantly less energy. I was fortunate that my particular strain was just achy muscles, headaches, fever, etc. and skipped over the whole yammying* aspect. On the whole, it wasn't a pleasant experience. All my time lying shivering in bed did allow me time to try to put a positive spin on things. Since I know a lot of others are going through a similar aguishness, I thought I might share my look-on-the-bright-side conclusions.

1. Lying in bed is a comfort activity that many of us don't get to do often enough. Sure the shakes are bad, but pulling the covers up to your chin in the middle of the day without the feeling of guilt that you should be doing something else is a bit of a perk.

2. A forceful respite from our sometimes hectic schedules can be a great opportunity to reflect on our lives from an outside perspective. When you're in too much pain to push a broom, write thank you cards, or paint the bathroom, you will find that you have some good old fashion think-time.

3. Being sick gives you an excuse to listen to your body with open ears (for those of us that don't find ourselves doing that enough on a regular basis.) If chicken noodle soup is the only thing that sounds good, eat it. If you wanna lie in bed ALL DAY and not move, do it*.

4. For those times just before the worst of things and right after when you are able to think clearly and move your appendages slightly, but not so much your whole body, there isn't a better time to negotiate working from home. Your work will like it because you won't infect the whole office. You will get to skip out on a commute (and probably a lot of office politicking). Everyone wins.

5. The line between being too weak/incoherent to do anything constructive and being too lazy is quite fine. Bask in that laziness, if just for an afternoon. You know you want to. Trooth* is, the longer you bask in the slow life of letting your body take care of itself as it was made to do, the quicker you will return to health.

Can you think of other upsides of being under the weather.

Tuesday March 4 2008

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on Tue 04th Mar, 2008 11:38 pm PST Horge said:
Popsicles. I recall getting seemingly unlimited access to popsicles by my mom when I was a wee sicky...
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on Wed 05th Mar, 2008 07:35 am PST cardboard said:
us here on earth with its lovely atmospheric conditions find ourselves always under the weather...woob woob woob woob woob woobwoob woob
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on Wed 05th Mar, 2008 05:17 pm PST Andrew said:
ha! cardboard, you're alright!
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on Thu 06th Mar, 2008 04:31 pm PST Chris said:
Downside of the military is that you're not sick unless they say you are. Used to be all I needed was a thermometer that said 98.7, now I have to go into sick call in the morning, wait in the waiting room for an hour or so, see the doctor, and then if he decides I'm sick enough to say home he signs paperwork that says so, I give that to my boss, and then I get to go home. Most days it's just easier and faster to go to work. The upside is that I haven't been officially sick for more than a year or so!
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