As I just got over what mild flu I just had, I wanted to share a few helpful ideas for how I got over it:

1. Eat anything and everything.  Want an avocado, oatmeal, some left over rice, jalapenos, and a spoon full of chocolate spread?  Then eat all of them.  Your body needs nutrition.
2. Drink fluids, we’ll get back to that one later.
3. I wear a scarf, but really tightly around my neck so there is one area of my body that is just overly warm
4. Watch Deep Space Nine while you should be sleeping (you can substitute for any 90’s sci-fi drama series that streams on Netflix).
5. Wake up at 1:30am covered in sweat, shivering cold, and needing to use the bathroom.
6. Freak out that you should be sleeping, because your body is doing its job and you’ve interrupted it.
7. Literally feel the mucus in your throat loosening up (but don’t get out of bed to spit, that would be too difficult)
8. Don’t be able to fall back asleep and watch Rupaul’s Drag Race
9. Hear the faint sounds of your neighbors having sex through the apartment wall.
10. Fall back to sleep and wake up to hear cats fighting outside your window
11. Wake up refreshed, eat a lot more crap (you need your strength) and watch the final episode of House of Cards and be disappointed.