1. Lots of Fluids
Having a water bottle and/or cup of tea with you at all times is important if you don't want your throat to feel like it's being shredded. Especially if you get attacked by a coughing fit, the only way to get your throat to chill out is a drink. But first you have to remember a water bottle in the morning (which is difficult especially for people like me who hardly leave themselves enough time to get dressed before school, let alone fill up a water bottle), otherwise you have to buy one at the cafeteria or get stuck going to the water fountain a bazillion times.
2. The Bathroom Puzzle
With drinking all that water, you are bound to end up having to pee like every hour. Finding the time to pee can be a struggle especially with classes that give you extra credit for not using your bathroom passes. If you're lucky you can figure out a schedule that works for your bladder and your course load. However be careful to avoid the in between classes bathroom frenzy that is inevitable. I'm blessed to have a couple chill classes like rep. theatre, vocal, and library aid that don't "cost" me to go pee.
3. The Kleenex Fiasco
If a classroom doesn't have a box of Kleenexes you are screwed. Here you are dripping snot and one ahchoo away from having a face full of nasty and if there aren't Kleenexes there's nowhere to turn except the bathroom. Which means awkwardly asking your teacher if can go to the bathroom with a muffled voice because you are trying to contain your snot with nothing but your hand. Let alone having to fill out a pass. The situation can just be very embarrassing.
4. Excuse Me I'm Blowing My Nose Here
If your classroom does have Kleenexes in it you have to awkwardly get up several different times to use the Kleenexes and mentally apologize for making everyone hear you blow your nose and all the gruesome noises that come with it.
5. Sick Day?
Every morning before school you go through the struggle of building up the strength to actually get out of bed, get ready, and go to school. When all you want to do is call in sick. Which if your parents are like mine, that rarely is allowed.
6. Screech Alert
If you're like me and take or have taken a vocal class when you're sick, then you know that you get annoyed when you want to sing but you can't or hardly can because you end up just screeching and sounding seriously disturbed. The struggle is especially real when auditions or speeches are coming up and your belting or speaking skills are much less than your best.
7. Should'a Done the Nedi Pod
When you're going through the heavy congestion stage of sickness it is hard to breath through your nose and that in return makes it harder to eat. (Please tell me I am not the only person who as gone through this struggle.) So here you are almost choking on cereal and milk because you're are stuffing food done the only viable path for your body to breath air in and out. You mostly are just frazzled and struggle through the bowl of cereal without pausing to blow your nose which might have solved this whole problem but who knows, you probably need something stronger, like a Nedi Pod. (Another reason for this happening could have been that it was late at night and I was exhausted but also sickness so we're okay.) :/
8. Curse You Cough
Right before the coughing gets really rough and hard core, the little coughs are more annoying than anything. Especially when the incessant bursts of them are making relaxing impossible. All you want to do is sleep but this stupid cough is keeping you awake and uncomfortable. It is in these moments that I thank God for throat coat hot tea.
