Since I'm now down with a cold, and remembering the torment that is being stuck in the house for days on end, I would like to suggest a list of things to have on hand in case of such emergencies:
1. Matzo ball soup. No sick ward is complete without mama's cure-all.
2. Trashy magazines. Absolutely vital for the sick blob with the attention span of a gnat.
3. Equally trashy paperbacks. Again, gnat + very light reading = happy sicky.
4. Netflix. Try not to watch all your movies the first day. Big mistake.
5. Episodic DVD sets. In the absence of Netflix, your only hope for the long, lonely hours.
6. Some kind of game system. Never underestimate the power of video games in the healing process.