what I learned while home sick

– 9/20/10: I thought about blogging today and I found this old post in my editor. I don’t know why I never published it because I can’t find anything inherently wrong with it. So I guess late is better than never. –

It’s been a while, so I thought I would post an update on what I’ve been up to. For most of May I’ve been sick. This is the longest I’ve been sick in a long time – probably not since those Chicken Pox days when I was kid. During this time, I learned a few things.

• Netflix is the best investment I could have ever made (besides my macs and french horn). Seriously though, because of it I was able to be entertained when I couldn’t talk or had a fever and couldn’t really leave my apartment. I spent most of my time watching The IT Crowd, Better Off Ted, and random chick flicks that were made for sick days.
• YouTube is awesome. (I plan on writing a larger post on this because I really do have a lot to say on the subject.) I spent some time wondering around the site and found a lot of creative people out there. Some of my favorites are gunarolla, community channel, kevjumba, worldismarble ,and truth or fail. You should check them out. For realz.
• Sleep is awesome. I used to be one of those people that did not nap. Now, I am all for it. Seriously. Even today, I came home from work and took a 2.5 hour nap (I don’t see this becoming a habit, but for now I’m just going with it). It was great. I am going to now listen to my body and sleep when it tells me.
• Being sick can still lead to weight loss. It’s not my favorite type of weight loss, but I’ll take it.
• Don’t be afraid to use sick days. Health is really important and sometimes life moves to fast to remember that.

Recovering from this virus that turned into a sinus infection, surely will take some time. In the meantime, more ice cream sounds like a plan to me.