I've been off work for several days now with a yucky bug. Given that swine flu has infiltrated my office building, I've been told to stay away in case it is swine flu. I don't think it is swine flu, but it is one of those gross bugs where washing your hair feels like a day's worth of effort so you start to cultivate flu-dreadlocks, and, really, you're OK to stay in the same PJs for three days. Super attractive.

Yucky bug is also boring me to death. Here's what my days are like:

- Wake up. Sit up. Too much effort, roll over and go to sleep.

- Wake up with Currie Cat standing on my face. Get up and feed Currie Cat. Too much effort, go back to bed and go to sleep.

- Wake up mid-afternoon during coughing fit. Half-heartedly read novels and peruse gossip sites on the internet for the next 10 hours while working my way through an entire box of Kleenex due to runny nose. Optional: afternoon fever.

- Feed Currie Cat dinner after she stands at bedroom door yelling.

- Sleep, with ice pack on head for headache, and propped up on 5 pillows to avoid coughing to death.

- Repeat.

Please provide suggestions for sicky amusement. I may die of boredom if the swine flu doesn't get me first.