(in no particular order)

1. You have the apartment to yourself all day which means that if you feel like having conversations out loud with the characters from About a Boy, you can. And if you want to sit in the middle of the kitchen floor and stare at the magnets on the refrigerator, you are able to do so without anyone breaking your concentration.

2. Everyone feels bad for you and buys you chicken soup and herbal tea and honey. *Sigh* It�s nice to be appreciated.

3. Unless you have to leave for a doctor�s appointment, you only wear pajamas.

4. Many naps.

5. HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, and Encore at 3PM.

6. Hours upon hours of reading magazines in bed.

7. Being able to appreciate and anticipate that day in the not too distant future when your lungs will begin inhaling and exhaling without spasming like the body of an epileptic turrets afflicted cocaine addict.

8. Updating your online diary once every ten minutes (oh wait�I do that anyway)

9. Getting stoned on cold medicine without even trying to achieve that effect.

10. Receiving nurturing phone calls from your boss who tells you that you are missed and nobody is mad at you for being sick.

Not the worst deal in the world. Although I can�t fucking wait for it to be over.