I have been recently plagued with your typical run of the mill cold, and ended up spending the better part of 4 days confined to my 570 sq foot apartment under strict quarantine. Waking up Friday morning, the first stat holiday of the year, with a sore throat and what appeared to be remaining allergy symptoms was definitely not what I had planned. I defiantly ignored them, as is standard operating procedure, and decided to go about my day normally. Saturday I was singing a different tune. Something along the lines of Nina Simone but not as sexy. Over the next 3 days, in addition to the 2 boxes of kleenex and 1/2 a bottle of Nyquil, I managed to go through all the tv I pvr'd during the week, most of the movies I own, season 1 of Arrested Development and discovered Jack's secret stash of lost toys. Amid the numerous naps it occured to me, and I may be solo on this one, but being at home with a cold might actually a blessing in disguise.
- Sleep as much as you want, including but not limited to, drugging yourself into a self induce coma
- Eat whatever you feel like provided you have an appetite
- Don't have to go to work and not feel guilty about it
- Watch as much tv as you like
- Read that book you've been meaning to read for ages, once you realize that daytime tv is shite
Yes, the stuffy head, runny nose and achy body type of cold with perhaps a slightly annoying dry cough on the side can be marginally intrusive, and although the ratio of feeling good vs feeling crappy is definitely not in my favour, I did enjoy the quiet solitude the quarantine afforded me.
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