1. Being given chocolate.
2. Being given fabulous meals, like grilled chicken with curry peanut sauce, or tortellini with alfredo sauce, or pork with Vietnamese sauce.
3. Napping.
4. Sleeping in.
5. Watching A&E and BBC productions of English literature that you have read or not.
6. Receiving wonderfully sympathetic and even moving cards and get-well wishes in the Real Live Mail.
7. Lying on your bed surrounded by your lap-top, your notebook, and several Really Good Pens.
8. Having your mother here to bring you lunch in the living room, and field phone calls, and make you take naps, and hang a sign on the door to tell everyone when you are napping.
9. Having your mother here.
10. Knowing you will get better.
