13 Expectations Vs Realities Of You On A Sick Day

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1. Expectation: Binge-watch that crazy popular TV show you've been lying about watching.

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Reality: Fall asleep halfway through the first episode. Being ill is exhausting.

2. Expectation: Your boss trusts you and tells you to take as much time as you need.

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Reality: "Can you work from home, then?"

3. Expectation: You have a nice, long bath to decongest.

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Reality: You haven't showered in two days because you can't bear to leave your bed. Or even reach across for your nasal spray. *sniff*

4. Expectation: Feel comfortable with the fact you're taking the time to rest and let your body heal.

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Reality: Look up your symptoms online then spend the next five hours trying to figure out if you have 24 hours to live or just, like, a cold.

5. Expectation: Shut off from social media all day and get some damned peace, finally.

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Reality: Double-text everyone you know because, by the end of the day, you're desperate for any form of human interaction.

6. Expectation: Cook yourself really nice food because you actually have time for once.

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Reality: The only thing you have energy to make is instant soup. And even that's pushing it.

7. Expectation: Finally get around to reading that book everyone's talking about.

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Reality: Your head spins every time you look at a page, and you can't really read words.

8. Expectation: Spend the entire day wrapped up in warm, cosy blankets.

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Reality: Too hot. Too cold. UGH.

9. Expectation: Your friends/S.O./mum come round to take care of you and listen to you complain.

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Reality: Everyone is working, and no one really wants to catch your gross, snotty cold anyway, so.

10. Expectation: Your house will stay tidy because you'll be too weak to do anything that makes a mess.

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Reality: Tissues everywhere.

11. Expectation: Live out your dream of doing nothing all day.

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Reality: You're pretty sure no one's ever been this bored since the dawn of humanity.

12. Expectation: Treat yourself with your favourite junk food or takeaway for dinner because you totally deserve it.

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Reality: Your appetite is dead.

13. Expectation: Feel relieved when your illness finally starts to go away.

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Reality: Lay awake at night thinking about how much work you'll come back to tomorrow.

Sick days: amazing in theory, not quite so great in reality. Use Sudafed to try to kick the cold symptoms and get back to your normal self.

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