{"id":2605,"date":"2023-01-06T00:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T00:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/game-shows-soup-in-a-mug-my-ideal-sick-day\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T18:12:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:12:11","slug":"game-shows-soup-in-a-mug-my-ideal-sick-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/blog\/game-shows-soup-in-a-mug-my-ideal-sick-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Shows & Soup in a Mug: An Ideal Sick Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWords: Christen Hammons<\/a><\/span>\n\t\n\tPhoto credit: Melanie DeFazio<\/a><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n

When I was growing up, staying home from school for a sick day often felt like a little treat. I was lucky enough to have a mom who stayed at home and doted on me, making me a special bed on the couch where I could enjoy comforting food and drinks while watching those fun game shows that were only on TV during the day. As I\u2019ve grown older, sick days can feel like less of a treat because there is always so much to get done.<\/p>\n

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When I finally do admit defeat and decide to stay home from work, I still often find myself checking emails and feeling guilty for all the time I\u2019m \u201cwasting.\u201d How can I justify just doing nothing? It\u2019s never really come as a surprise that it takes a long time for whatever bug I\u2019m fighting to finally leave my system. If only I could just rest, perhaps I\u2019d feel better sooner. And when I found myself under the weather a couple weeks ago, I did just that.<\/p>\n

And it worked.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t just rest, however. I decided to make the most of my time at home and re-created those sick days from my childhood. I made up a little bed on our couch in front of our TV and happily gave my husband my list of things to get me from the store.<\/p>\n