Awesome

[trenchkamen]

I have a bad cough, a high fever, congestion that you wouldn't believe, and I've been vomiting up all the mucous that is draining into my stomach from my sinuses. If I try to sleep sitting up, I get horribly nauseated from all the mucous in my stomach. If I sleep lying down, I can't breathe. So I can't sleep. My parents went ahead and gave me a Z-pack because there is an at least 110% chance I'll get a secondary bacterial infection anyway. Pseudoephedrine keeps me awake, NyQuil makes me sleepy, so I'm somewhere in-between.

Didn't go to school/lab today. Probably won't tomorrow unless I make a most dramatic turn-around. AND the lab went out to lunch for a birthday today, so of course today is one of the days I'm home sick. FML.

Remember Cougar Con? Remember that secret Cougar Message Board that was theorized? I think omegadonut found it. For the sake of context, Smogon is a message board for competitive Pokemon players. I think that's all that need be said.

I should lie down before I pass out.

Comments

[air-and-angels.livejournal.com]

That sounds gross and horrible, so I hope you feel better soon. However, I agree with that other chick or dude! Keep your germs AT HOME. Or in the dorm. Or whatever, just don't spread them all around your place of work/learning.
So, yeah, all the conventional wisdom: stay in bed or on the couch, keep warm, drink lots of juice or water, try not to despair.

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

Skuld is... female. We think.

I keep telling myself when I feel bad for not getting right up and going to class since I'm not vomiting at the moment that one of my classmates is pregnant, and I don't want to get her sick. I partially feel bad because this semester I've taken time off for a grad school interview, research review, research presentation, jury summons, and now illness... it just seems too convenient for any professor to buy.

[air-and-angels.livejournal.com]

I'm actually staying at home THIS VERY DAY because I feel like I'm starting a cold.
If you're afraid the professor won't believe you, hork some of your sputum into a vial, seal it well, and present it as evidence when you go back.