Taking A Sick Day

What to wear to lounge around in on a sick day? Lace. Lots of lace. I'm not talking about racy lacy, but comfortable, snuggly lace. Yes, such things do exist, and will make your stuffy nosed, head ached, fever ridden existence just a tad better -- because even if you're sick, you can still feel some semblance of being a presentable human. My cozy lace sweater and crochet lace shorts were everything I needed to stop being a snotty slob and get working on my blog. Why be sick when you can be fashionably sick?

Some seasons just gently graze along gently at first, but then punches you right in the face (and sinuses). I had almost cruised through the entire winter with no illnesses, but when it hit me last week, it hit hard. Between the DayQuil and NyQuil and tissue hoarding, I was dwindling into an unrecognizable frizzy haired cave yeti after a few days. I was itching to get a photo-set lined up for my weekly Monday posts, but going outside into the cold with camera gear was just... not very appealing.

Something happened when I finally changed out of my baggy sweatpants (that will never see the light of day outside of my apartment), and semi-brushed my hair. On one hand, I'm still in some sort of lounge wear, but on the other hand, my lounge wear is now cute as hell and I felt... more alive. That soft salmon pink was optimistic, the lace chipped away at the building sedimentary grunge, and by some miracle, the sun peeked out (even if it was just for a few hours.)

So how do you handle sickness? Do you sleep until it's gone? Or are you like me -- forcing yourself to work work work until you can't feel your face anymore? If you're the latter, then please take a moment, slow down, make yourself some tea, and listen up.

Self care is essential.

It's a hard lesson to learn, and it still eludes me because I have that mentality of wanting to power through any kind hindrance to getting shit done. I wanted stuff to do, wanted my mind to be occupied even though my brain was screaming for me to take a break.

So here's a sick day check list of DUH, aka. a lot of things I forgot to do... Just a friendly reminder to:

• HYDRATE! Keep a few bottles of water around you at all times!
• EAT! Fresh fruit would be best. Absorb those vitamins.
• HOT SHOWER! It'll clear up your nose and get you warm. (Don't look at me like I didn't shower, I only skipped a day... or two. Don't tell anyone.)
• REST! Something I didn't do as I went down the feverish rabbit hole of reading, researching, and for some reason, doodling Pomeranian puppies for 4 hours at 3am.
• CHANGE! By this I mean your clothes. When I couldn't be arsed to change out of my ugly sweats and cat hair coated t-shirt, it actually began to drag me down mood-wise. Putting on fresh, comfy, clean clothes (cute ones if possible) really snapped me out of my haze.
• LAUGH! Even if you're down (physically or otherwise) laughing at dumb things is a sure fire panacea. During this whole week, I've exhausted all the stand-up comedy I could on Netflix. I'm generally not a stand-up lover, but wow, it really did wonders to lift my mood a lot.

Take care, everyone. See you next week!

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Outfit details: Hooded shirt: Forever 21| Pink lace sweater: Target | Shorts: I got these so long ago I honestly don't remember.| Penguin pom-pom socks: A gift from one of the coolest people I know. Love youuuuu~