Sick... Again

Anyone have any great tips for fighting off a cold? I feel like I ask this every three months and also like I know all the tips at this point, yet here I am again, feeling like SHIT.

Granted - I know it's my own fault after a 4 day wedding weekend and a long flight back to LA, but it's still summer in here! In fact, it's Indian Summer (is that offensive by the way? And what's the origin?) so the last thing I want is a nasty cold whilst I enjoy the heat.

I think I'm going to start ripping some Emergen C shots...

Pedialyte Now Has Zinc!

Just 24 hours ago I was settling in for a long night of sleeping on my bathroom floor, puking on the hour every hour, and pretty much hating life. I can't remember the last time I got food poisoning, in fact, I don't know that I ever have before, but let me tell you it is horrible. Shit, I was so sick I couldn't even watch TV! I attempted to go online a few times but this resulted in way too many misguided attempts to email my boss and co-workers.

So in addition to learning that food poisoning is horrible and my bathroom floor is a cold, uncomfortable place to sleep, I also discovered that Pedialyte has zinc in it - very important apparently for all those kids with their diarrhea issues. Okay, what I really learned is that Pedialyte is disgusting.

I'd like to volunteer myself for tonsillitis. Also: I'm missing so much NCIS.

Today I had what some might consider the quickest doctor's visit ever. It was at 1:15pm, I arrived exactly on time, was ushered back to an exam room a minute after waiting, and after the doc took a good look at me, listened to my breathing, etc etc, I was out of there at 1:25pm. No joke. It was awesome. Especially because I went into the appointment knowing exactly what I was going to get - antibiotics and some cough syrup with codeine in it. Bingo. (Guess who's sleeping like a champ tonight...)

However, I did take maybe a minute of this incredibly efficient consultation to propose to my doctor that I have my tonsils removed. Recently, everyone's been telling me that the reason I get sick allllllllllll the time is because of my tonsils. The doctor wasn't buying it though, so instead I'd just like to throw it out there: If anyone could give me tonsillitis, that would be AWESOME.

Also, normally when I am sick I just watch marathons of various television shows, in between dozing on and off. Last time (in this case, two weeks ago) I watched all of Torchwood: Children of Earth. Well, right now I am housesitting, and I know my TV at home is just recording hours upon hours upon hours (LITERALLY) of NCIS, my new TV addiction. And man I would kill to just be in front of that TV watching hours upon hours upon hours of NCIS, but oh well. I guess I'll have to deal, what with a beautiful house to myself...

Actually, I'd like to take suggestions or recommendations for a new TV show to watch... last weekend a few Twitter followers were excited I was picking up NCIS, and some others recommended I watch Supernatural (I'm still not convinced, by the way... I am very wary of this show for some reason)... So anyway, if you were sick and pretty much had an entire weekend to do absolutely nothing but recover and watch TV, what would you watch and why? Leave me tips in the comments!