I have a cold. Not just any cold, a LIFE THREATENING cold.
Remember when you were little being sick was like going on vacation? All the things you’d try to maybe catch a cold or fake a fever just to get out of school. Why is it that as an adult being sick always feels like death is coming?
You have the common cold? I’m coming for you…
But despite all that, I still don’t mind being sick. It has it’s benefits (or it may just be my near-death optimism talking). 10 great things about being sick:
- Nyquil induced sleep is some of the best sleep I get all year.
- Having a fuzzy head. Walking around is like being on a roller-coaster. Whee!
- Weird dreams. Gerard Butler was helping me to do my laundry. Aaah…the way that man can fold a sock.
- My dog takes care of me…kind of.
- This should have been number one. No work! (Unfortunately I was sick over the weekend)
- Getting out of Auntie Nina’s tea party. A lady in the other building goes by Auntie Nina. She likes to throw tea parties. Is that weird you ask? There are simply no words.
- Sympathy callers. Don’t you love sympathy callers?
- Magic manicures. I woke up to rainbow nails. Said sympathy callers may have dropped by, I don’t remember. Or it could have been the little elves that I also dreamed about.
- Simultaneously sweating and shivering. When I close my eyes it’s like I’m at the beach and in the Arctic at the same time!
- Sexy cold voice. I think I’m making some people uncomfortable by answering the phone like this.
What I hope I sound like.
What I actually look like
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Being sick was a lot cooler as a kid.
Way cooler. You were a hero for surviving the flu!
No more blogging naked at the moment then, it’ll make your cold worse with those drafts. Hope your feeling better soon.
What? No blogging naked?!
Hmmm…..I think I just figured out how I got my cold
It was worth it.
So worth it
blog almost naked, just wear a scarf
Good idea!
I feel like there’s a cold that’s been trying to stage a coup in my throat for a couple weeks now. So far, the rebels haven’t risen up. I almost wish they would.
Have they given you a sexy cold voice yet?
Ironically, my voice is immune to sexiness. Germs, no. Sexiness? Oh yes.
I’m so glad sexy cold voice was number 1. I like to pretend I’m Barry White when I’m sick.
Haha! I bet you make a great Barry White
Barry Barry White Guy.
I can’t sleep well on Nyquil. It makes me have restless leg. Yuck.
Oh no. I love Nyquil, knocks me out for hours
You forgot watching old TV sitcoms! There is no way I would watch them when I’m healthy. And yes, I always get sick over the weekend too.
Haha! They’re so much easier to follow when you’ve got a fuzzy head. With fuzzy head logic everything makes so much more sense
It’s the worst, isn’t it? Is it so hard to fall sick on a Monday?!
Not only me but if my cats get sick, they get sick on Friday nights too. The vet isn’t available all weekend and the animal emergency center is $175 to walk in the door!
Oh no! That’s the worst
I’m the “go to” health person amongst friends and loved ones, always offering advice on how to not get sick, so if I get sick no one will respect me, but I will live vicariously through you, Miss Four Eyes, especially in regard to the sexy cold voice — you go girl! xo
What’s it like being the go to health person? I’m the exact opposite. I’ll be the first one to catch a cold. But I’ll also be the first one with the sexy cold voice! So I don’t mind
LOL!
Being the “go to” health person is over-rated, no one listens to me
Haha, that’s too bad
They all want sexy voices. Kinda like the smoker mindset I guess — thin and sexy voiced
Oh well. When they’re all red-eyed with runny noses, you will always be beautiful and model-like
I just found myself going through all of this as well, but mine didn’t seem nearly as sarcastically enjoyable! The sexy cold voice was fun though.
I’m loving my sexy cold voice. It is THE best part about having a cold
I think I got sick relatively easily as a child simply because I liked it. i got to stay home and be pampered and my mom would rent Tron for me.
Now, if I’m sick, I’ve gotta take sick leave, and I’d rather save that for days when I want to do something fun.
Sick leaves are wasted on being sick. It used to be so much more fun when we were little! I remember all the silly things I tried to fake a fever just to get out of school
Oh, yeah! I was in the nurse’s office once (probably faking a stomach ache) and the nurse gave this boy a thermometer and left the room. He stood on a chair and held it up to the light bulb. The nurse came back, looked at the thermometer, and told him his brain should be melted because his temp was 108. Oops.
Yay NyQuil! Get well soon.
Thanks, Don!
Well at least you are having some fun and staying positive. enjoy your sexy voice!
Thanks! I’m loving my sexy cold voice! Colds can be fun when you make them fun
I hate being sick as an adult, loved it as a child
Hope you feel better soon, it would be cool if you could keep the sexy voice..LOL Mailing you later 
xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
I LOVED being sick as a kid! Is that too much enthusiasm for being sick? Sure. But there was no school, hot soup would magically appear for me in bed, and everything was perfect.
Hang in there MFE! It really sucks to be sick. I hope you feel better soon. Here is some imaginary chicken soup for you!
You will bounce back soon!
Mmmmm, thanks for the soup, Jon!
You are welcome.
Haha, great list! Colds and flus are my excuse to catch up on my video gaming. Last year I had the worst flu ever, but I managed to play through all of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time again. It was awesome
Lol about the sexy voice, here we simply call it the junkie voice >.<
Bug nudie hugs to our sexy voiced sick girl! Get well soon Miss Four Eyes, take care, lot's of water, and lemon!!
Rohan.
THAT is why I love being sick sometimes
Haha, junkie voice!
*nudie hugs* Oh no! I think I just gave you my cold!
*aaah-chooo*
Oh no. Well now that you’ve got it already, more nudie hugs?
Yeah why not, can’t get any worse now
*Nudey Hugs!*
Rohan.
Haha! *nudey hugs!*
Copious amounts of Jack Daniels should clear that right up, and if it doesn’t you won’t care as you have had copious amounts of Jack Daniels… also being ill means I don’t have to go to my AA meetings… Oh!
Keep the sexy voice, lose the ill. Get Well soon
Haha! SudoOne, you crack me up
Thank you, I hope I keep the voice
I wish I could have cold voice year round! I wish I could have had cold voice when I was younger – it would have made a few years less awkward for me. Still remember how angry I was when I’d answer the phone and people would think I was my mom. Grr!
I was called Sir a couple of times as a kid
Hmm, now I think you are just rubbing it in.
“Sympathy callers. Don’t you love sympathy callers?”—Hmm, as an introvert, I gotta go with ‘no’ on this one… But I do love crawling up on the couch and reading a good book when I’m sick. Unfortunately, I don’t usually get to because there’s so much to do, virus or not. (As I’m sure you know.
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I’m an introvert too. The sympathy callers usually have no idea I’m sick until they hear my sexy cold voice on the phone. I’m trying very hard to be coherent, they think I’m hitting on them, things get weird.
Quietly reading a book sounds like an impossible dream
I like being sick because soup. Hope you’re feeling better and I’m sorry you were only sick over the weekend…
I love soup.
Thanks, Lala! I feel so much better now, unfortunately
mmm Nyquil — best sleep ever and the dreams.. are always fun
feel better!
I love Nyquil and I love the people who made such an ingenious product!
Thanks, I feel so much better now
I thought maybe being sick would make my boobs look great in a bustier – but I should have read the whole post before looking at the pictures…damn!
Get better – and you forgot to put down READING ALL DAY
Haha! Being sick does make me boobs look great in a bustier….provided that I’m drugged and dreaming
Thanks, Denise! I’m feeling so much better now
I also love Nyquil…..
Nyquil is my hero!
I would not have thought about Nyquil in India!
Are you sure it’s not just a computer virus?
Checked. Tried to install the anti-virus too, no luck
Hmm. Maybe take a few screenshots of Nyquil and see if that helps.
Brilliant! Calahan, you are simply brilliant. I don’t tell you that enough
You don’t. It’s true.
You’re brilliant!!
better?
That was too much. Now it seems disingenuous.
There is no pleasing you, is there?
I’m fickle.
HAHA! Oh my gosh. These are all great things about being sick! I hope you feel better, soon!….even though being sick has its perks…
Thanks, Amy! I am feeling a lot better now…….and missing my sexy cold voice
I have so much laundry. I need Gerard Butler, stat!
I hope you feel better soon. We have had a bit of a cold here too. I’m on cold and flu drugs myself. They make me crazy. I can vacuum in half the time!
Me too! I was so disappointed when I woke up. Not because Gerard Butler wasn’t there, mostly because the laundry still needed to be done
Thank, Steph! I’m feeling so much better now. Hope you get better soon too
I really like the “blank check” for the day. “Welp, guess I better lie on the couch and watch movies. Maybe 3 or 4 naps.”
The second day, though, just sucks.
You’re right the second day is no fun. The sexy voice has turned into a raspy junkie voice, and your head is too fuzzy to enjoy the rollercoaster going on in there
I’m sorry you are sick Miss! That sucks, especially over the weekend. I don’t do the ‘sexy sick voice’ thingy. When I’m sick I get the “life long smoker voice” thingy instead and I don’t smoke!
No sexy cold voice? Oh no!
Sucks to be sick! I hope you are feeling better!
Thanks for linking my post!
I am feeling a lot better now, thanks!
After taking Nyquil in my 20′s I realized I could never, ever do drugs…Nyquil was scary enough for me. Hope you feel better soon : ) Oh, start charging for those calls…nothing wrong with working that voice!
Nyquil should be part of all those DARE programs! I think it might be much more effective
Haha! Oh Lisa, you crack me up! I should charge for all the calls
It is a good excuse to take NyQuil, that’s for sure. Enjoy that Artic/beach vacation..or uh, I hope you can make the most of it. Hope you feel better soon.
The Artic/beach vacation was certainly fun while it lasted (kind of glad it didn’t last longer). I’m feeling a lot better now, thanks!
I watched a lot of Wipe Out when I had the pneumonia. It was better with fever. Wheee, watch the people get smacked around and probably injured!
Haha! I can’t handle wipe out when I’m sick. I can’t think straight with all the meds and all of a sudden I feel like doing the things on tv. I want to fall down head first in a pool!
So sorry you’re sick but these made me smile
Hopefully you will be feeling much better soon.
Thanks, Amy! I feel a lot better now
Well, take advantage of the advantages of being sick for now, but do get better
Thanks, Sandee! I certainly took advantage of all the advantages of being sick while it lasted. Wore my sexy voice sore! Feeling a lot better now
I hope you feel better.
Thanks! I’m feeling a lot better
I loved this! lolol still giggling!
Glad you liked it, I’m happy I could make you giggle
I hate when I get sick over the weekend. Come on! It’s like the whole universe is against me. I love the sexy voice though, although I usually lose my voice entirely. Then people around me are really, really happy.
The universe is conspiring against us Lavinia! I just know it!
hope you’re better now ^^ could really be all that blogging with no clothes on. lol i say being sick is better than being at some weird tea party thrown by someone who likes to be called Auntie.lol
I think I can positively say it’s all the naked blogging. I should put a warning at the bottom of my badge
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I agree, sick dreams are the best! Any time I have a bit of a fever I get excited about the kinds of dreams I’m going to have. Unless they’re nightmares, because fever nightmares are some freakin’ mind-crushing dream-nukes.
Fever nightmares are terrifying! They always seem so real, and even when you wake up you aren’t really sure if you’re UP
I had one when I was in high school that stills freaks me out to think about. Of course, it’s often the feeling of it more than what actually happens.
Yikes! That’s worse than having a nightmare
Ahh, Nyquil. It tastes like window cleaner, but works like a dream. I took a dose last night, and woke up feeling much better. A feeling that was dashed after my shower left me feeling like I’d walked from my house to Pismo Beach and back.
I love Nyquil, it’s my hero! Hope you’re feeling much better now
Only you could pull this off!
Brilliant, partner!
Thanks, partner!
“Nudie Hugs” is a hilarious turn of phrase. Also, I love NyQuil. I don’t even remember my dreams when I am on that stuff (i.e. my nightmares).
Isn’t Nyquil just the best? Knocks me out like a baby….no, like a dead person
Do you want some nudie hugs?
Sorry, not unless we get married.
Hehe, I’ll wait
I love sexy cold voice. What’s your number?
Hey, baby. What can I do for yo today?
…..This isn’t working with text. Pretend I used a sexy voice
I think you gave me your cold. I have the sexy cold voice now too. Also, I have a very unsexy cold.
Oh no! I’m sorry about my e-germs, Queen Gen. Sometimes I have to settle with a male sexy voice, maybe you have one of those?
oops. I thought you said you had an unsexy voice. Well, I’m glad you have a sexy one! As for the unsexy cold, I’m trying to find a way to make snot sexy, it isn’t working out though
I think you need to discard that project PROMPTLY and work on curing all symptoms of the common cold bar the sexy voice.
Now that I think of it, I like your idea better
Feel better! I still enjoy being sick because it makes me feel like my laziness is being justified.
Haha! Me too!
I hope you are feeling better now.
I’m having problems with your updates, I just don’t get them.
I remember the last time I had the flu Shela visited me, more than a visit it was a war in my throat, she won, she would talk to me.
Thanks, Leo, I’m feeling much better now
Wordpress has been doing that to me too. I think someone hasn’t replied to my comment, and I go check, turns out they did hours ago. Don’t know what’s going on.
I remember your Sheila. So glad she’s gone now!
I want rainbow nails. I am sorry you have been unwell. I hope that you are much better now.
Why don’t more people rock rainbow nails? Is it because of the funny looks I get from people when I’m standing in line at the supermarket?
Thanks, Becca, I feel so much better now
How does one go about getting into Auntie’s party?
You try to avoid her the best you can, you fail, she gives you the obligatory two cheek hello kisses and invites you for her next tea party that you absolutely MUST attend.
I honestly don’t mind being sick, as long as I’m not spewing. It makes me feel like its ok to be a lazy bastard for a couple days, rather than feel guilty about it. I habe to say, also, that once you get past that “weird fever dream” stage, the first night back to earth makes for a glorious night of sleep.
P.S. I’m sick right now. Sympathy call?
Sympathy call? Sure! Give me your number and specify what kind of voice you’d like me to use
Get well soon, Adam!
Thanks, you too! My number is 867-5309. Wait a minute, that’s my friend Jenny…
Haha I love this post! It sucks being sick but you are right with the sexy raspy voice thou! I hope your feeling better girly
Thanks, Norah, I’m all better!
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