Do you know what it is like to be sick? The achy, sneezy, coughy, yucky feeliings seizing your body. It is never a good time being sick. You pump your body full of medical remedies in hope that the NyQuil will carry you through to feeling better. The problem is the need of rest. Rest is usually the real cure for most "common" illnesses. You can only run so far before your body crashes and forces you to sleep. That kind of sleep for me is always so fast. I am sick and awake one moment, and the next I am waking up with sleep boogers in my eyes and snot crusted around my nostrils. Gross, I know. But it is always worth it, once you get the crusties out.
The best part of the whole being sick process is the hot shower. I don't know if anyone out there enjoys the post-illness hot shower like me. But there is such a beautiful feeling that comes over my body when that hot water starts melting away the aches and pains. It is such a beautiful thing. The hotter the water the better. It makes it seem as if the illness is rising off of you with the steam. I find that you alwasy feel better if you choose a fresh towel from the closet. I always like the fresh smell of a towel of right out of the linen closet.
Being sick is terrible. But for me, the post-illness hot shower is almost worth it.
