Don't Mock the Pro/Con List!*

Thanks to a combination of suppressed immunity, exhaustion, commuting, and an office-mate who's been sick for the last three weeks, I finally succumbed to some germ warfare and was/am ill. I stayed home from work the last two days and had too much time to contemplate the state of being home sick.

In honor of Rory*, here's my Pro/Con list, or what I can remember from my semi-delusional drug-enhanced state.

Pro:

• Sleeping in;
• HGTV;
• Morning naps;
• Repeats of Gilmore Girls on ABC Family;
• Staying in jammies or sweats all day;
• Food Network;
• Long hot showers;
• The Create Channel;
• Afternoon naps;
• No deadlines;
• No one in laundry room;
• Watching free stuff via cable provider;
• Evening naps;
• Being home to talk on phone when old friend calls instead of at 1 of 4 jobs;
• Drug highs.

Con:

• Being sick;
• Daytime t.v. on major broadcast channels (How many “Judge” shows do we need anyway? Oh, and 4 hours of the Today show? Why?!);
• Stuffy head;
• Endlessly repeating commercial blocks on every channel;
• Being sick;
• Neighbor who plays #%(@*) electric bass and acoustic guitar at all hours of the day and night … Hello? 1 a.m. is NOT the time to be playing your guitar, nor is 8 a.m.! For that matter, just STOP PLAYING ALTOGETHER!;
• Sinus headaches;
• Neighbor who can’t shut his door without shaking entire apartment building;
• Wracking coughs;
• Neighbor who can’t walk across apartment without shaking entire apartment building – and who lets his dog run back and forth across the apartment and chase things;
• Brain oozing out of ear after three days of sleeping, drugs, and television;
• Diet Coke withdrawal headaches;
• Claustrophobia after staying in studio apartment for 72 hours straight.
  

*Rory, Gilmore Girls, Season 6, Episode 17 "I'm OK, You're OK"