I'm the worst patient.
I know to stay home and call off work, sleep about 2-3x, wake up and take some Tylenol and then I'm working in the home. Dogs need to be walked (And I want to get some fresh air), cats need their litterboxes scooped, the bunny needs her fur brushed and hay restocked 2x a day. The lizards and snakes would not eat though because that can wait, unless for some extreme reason It can't. But I would check on them anyway, pick up poop, etc. It may sound a lot but it is not to me: I like to stay busy, so when all that is done, I still refuse to rest properly because I was sick of sleeping. I would eat a lot of soup or anything nice and hot, and cook some more. If I'm up for it, I will go run some grocery errands too. Maybe I clean as I cook. I do this until I pass out, usually on the couch in the middle of catching up on my reality tv shows. I even attended a birthday party by the pool the other day when I was sick. I can't miss my niece's birthday: I promised her months in advance that I would be there. It was not that bad... Until I returned home.
I still felt like crap the whole time but I could not stand wasting time by sleeping so much. My face looks pale and I'm grumpy as heck when I go out for errands. My husband would scold me and hide my keys so I can't go. He does help me a lot though.
2-3 days and I'm all better.
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