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What It's Like Being Sick As Told By Sheldon Cooper

"How on earth can you say "dirty sock" and "relax" in the same sentence?"

Madison Weaver

Mar 07, 2018

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Being sick in college is honestly completely miserable. You already have enough to juggle, but when your body decides to be weak, you don't even have your mom to hold on to. Here's my latest experience being sick told by Sheldon Cooper.

1. Everyone on campus seems to be sick.

You wash your hands and avoid anyone and everyone who looks slightly sick.

2. Realize that a cold is coming on.

Just when you think that you made it through flu season, you swallow and suddenly your throat starts hurting and behind your nose aches.

3. Pray that you have medicine in your room.

Maybe there's an Advil in here from when mom made me bring a medicine cabinet freshman year?

4. Understand that you are nowhere near being prepared.

This is honestly the worst week to be sick.

5. Call your mom.

Can you send a care package with all the medicines I need? (Please put yourself in there.)

6. Taking that Advil you found in the bottom of your backpack.

Uh, I'm pretty sure that was medicine.

7. Wonder if you should call a doctor.

I'm not entirely sure my snot looks normal.

8. Decide not to visit a doctor because you honestly can't miss another class.

That test is definitely not going to be postponed and those papers aren't going to turn themselves in.

9. Miss class anyway.

So to pass, I just need to get an A on everything else. Okay, okay.

10. Cancel all your social plans.

It stinks cause they are mostly things you actually want to go to.

11. Let the medicine kick in.

I feel on top of the world!

12. Decide that being sick isn't so bad.

Netflix marathons are great (until the show is canceled midseason and you didn't know).

13. Realize that the only thing you've eaten in the last 24 hours is ice cream and soup.

One time my mom said to eat honey and sprite, but the ice cream feels better.

14. Thank your roommate for being your mom away from mom.

Honestly, you wouldn't remember your mom's home remedies without her.

15. Start feeling better.

IT'S OVER!

Congratulations! You survived being sick in college! (Good luck with everything else...)

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What It's Like Being Sick As Told By Sheldon Cooper

"How on earth can you say "dirty sock" and "relax" in the same sentence?"

1. Everyone on campus seems to be sick.

2. Realize that a cold is coming on.

3. Pray that you have medicine in your room.

4. Understand that you are nowhere near being prepared.

5. Call your mom.

6. Taking that Advil you found in the bottom of your backpack.

7. Wonder if you should call a doctor.

8. Decide not to visit a doctor because you honestly can't miss another class.

9. Miss class anyway.

10. Cancel all your social plans.

11. Let the medicine kick in.

12. Decide that being sick isn't so bad.

13. Realize that the only thing you've eaten in the last 24 hours is ice cream and soup.

14. Thank your roommate for being your mom away from mom.

15. Start feeling better.

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The Library

Time Management

Registration

Housing

The Dining Hall

Teachers

Clubs

High School Friends

Finals

It's not all morning coffees and singing along to the radio.

You can't just go to your room to take a nap in the middle of your classes.

Having to spend all your extra cash on gas for your car.

Speaking of money, you probably don't have a meal plan so you're forced to scrounge up some change or mooch off of your friends.

It can be harder to maintain the friendships you make with people from class.

Finding a parking spot.

It can be harder to be involved on campus because between your one, two, or three jobs and school you don't have much free time.

When you try to be super involved on campus, it can kill your sleep schedule.

It's impossible to do homework at home, but staying on campus isn't an option sometimes.

There are surveys and events that you can't participate in because you're a commuter.

Group projects are the bane of your existence.

Traffic.

Your backpack rivals that of a survivalist trekking in the woods.

Driving all the way to campus to find a note on the door of your classroom saying class was cancelled.

Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

1. When he just wanted bacon from his George Foreman grill

2. When he had money (and Jan) issues

3. When he got upstaged at Phyllis' wedding

4. When he unintentionally saved Meredith from rabies

5. When he wore a "bisexual" suit

6. When he had to apologize to Jesus

7. When his GPS drove him into a lake

8. When he had to deal with Ryan as his boss

9. When he couldn't fulfill his most generous empty promise

10. When this happened

11. When he struggled with a X-Mas break up

12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

15. When Toby was "Toby-ish"

This isn't just for the single Pringles out there either, folks

Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face

Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket

Pop Twelve White Grapes

Burn Something

Smash Things Against a Wall

Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

Take a Shot

Time to be merry and bright.

"First Noel" by Leslie Odom, Jr

"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Kelly Clarkson

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" by Michael Buble

"Last Christmas" by Taylor Swift

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