Tuesday, May 24, 2011

How does one be productive while ill?

So. I've been sick. It's been interesting. It's been a while since that happened so I had forgotten the standard "sick" protocol. What do you do? The one 18 hour sleep day COMPLETELY threw off my sleep schedule. I couldn't run the 5K I was registered for because I didn't have the energy. I couldn't sleep at night because I hadn't done anything during the day. I couldn't hang out with people because the antibiotic hadn't kicked in rendering me non-contagious yet. What did I do? Watched movies, got caught up in the blogosphere, and ate cough drops.
In my readings, I read about a friend's recent trip to Zion's National Park. It reminded me of my most recent trip up Angel's Landing and some of the people we encountered along the way. One of the favorites from the hike was the unknown woman saying to the unknown man "walk it off champ. walk it off...". We giggled. We laughed.
As I sat there with my cough drops, I noticed that HALLS is taking a similar approach. Here's a few tidbits that I got from my wrappers:
*Get back in the game.
*Flex your "can do" muscles.
*Impress yourself today.
*Fire up those engines!
*You've survived tougher.
*Seize the day.
*The show must go on.
*It's yours for the taking.
*A PEP TALK IN EVERY DROP
*Put a little strut in it.
*Hi-five yourself.
And a few other "yay you" type phrases.
The best part is...I think they actually worked.

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