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Inlander:
I don't get sick very often, and I can't remember the last time I was so sick that I was bed-ridden (it would've been some time when I was still living with my parents, so at least seven years ago), so my sick day routine is usually just to struggle through. Basically when I'm sick it's like having a hangover: I can function but everything takes me about three times as long to do and my brain is only functioning at about half its normal capacity.

I don't like taking drugs so I very rarely take any medecine. Fortunately my body's very good at telling me what I ought to be eating at any given time so when I'm sick I usually get cravings for red meat so I tend to eat a lot of that to give myself a big protein and iron hit. (Normally I don't eat much red meat at all.) I'll try to go to bed much earlier than usual when I'm sick, to give myself as much rest as possible. I occupy myself by doing things that aren't intellectually taxing - so usually watching crappy TV or DVDs. If I'm feeling not too bad I'll try to go for a walk or a bike ride to get a bit of blood circulation happening and that usually makes me feel better.

Lines:
My favorite things to do when sick are get up and take whatever meds I need and then immediately go back to sleep, because usually that will make me feel well enough to shuffle someplace that isn't the bathroom. (It's easy to shuffle to my bathroom, it's right next to my room.) Then I cozy up on the couch with peppermint tea and watch a movie from childhood, mostly animated ones. (Sometimes I might watch Miyazaki, but usually it's Disney or something similar.) If I eat, it's chicken noodle soup and Ritz crackers. Lots of water. Maybe juice. I carry my jar of honey with me when my throat is sore. (Works just as well as a cough drop and it tastes better.)

Basically I don't go anywhere without my quilt and tend to curl up on squishy furniture. If I'm at my mom's, add cuddling with my cat to all of that. Other than the whole being sick part, I quite like my sick days.

Graphite:
I haven't been sick enough to stay home in a long time, but when I am, it's usually dry toast or noodle soup made with packet chicken stock, and either cable television or old taped episodes of Gilmore Girls.

Darkbluerabbit:
I pretty much just go about my day.  If it's bad I'll take to carrying large mugs of tea saturated with honey so that I'm able to speak.  I feel like I'm going to be miserable whether I'm home on the couch or at class/work doing what needs to be done, so I may as well learn/get paid.  Sometimes this leads to me being sent home from work.  Not usually class. Professors don't typically give a shit as long as your sniffling/moaning/dry-heaving doesn't disrupt their lecture.

I've also had some pretty awesome experiences having to take care of myself while living on my own and trying to be a grownup.  Usually the worst I have to do is shuffle sniffling to the store and spend too long forcing my mucus-clogged brain to decide whether the tissues with lotion are worth the extra 50 cents (Answer: Yes).  This summer though, I got this awful stomach bug and couldn't keep anything down for very long.  I was trying to be smart and stay hydrated, and the only thing I wanted to consume was juice.  After I finished the carton in my fridge, I waited till I thought I was okay, then tried to drive myself to the store, and wound up puking OJ all over myself because I couldn't pull over fast enough.  Then I did pull over and puked some more while a guy smoked his cigarette and stared at me.  It was a glorious moment in my life.

Aurjay:
routine for me is usually waking up at 4am to go to sick call. Waiting in a small room with every other sick or injured person and secretly judging them as not being as sick as me. After about 3 hours i spend 5min with a medic that low and behold tells me im sick. They right me a prescription that is way more than i'll ever use and tells me to suck it up and go to work. When i was younger life was so much easier id stay in bed all day eating chicken and stars and watching cartoons. I miss them days and I especially miss chicken and stars. That stuff was amazing.

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