Getting Down With the Sickness

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(Pictured: Me when I get sick lol)


    As the title suggests, everyone is sick right now. First it was the cold going around campus, then it turned into the flu, now it is in my own home. My girlfriend, Lily, is not feeling the best and I spent the last weekend taking care of her while she recovers. I know this is going to get me sick which I am not the most excited about, but the fact I'll probably end up getting sick during the most busy part of the semester gives me some comfort. If I am going to get sick, I'm already planning in my head the things I can get done school-wise, during the days I will not go to class due to being sick. This may seem counterintuitive but honestly, work and class are the only things holding me back from getting all my assignments this semester done. Having a few days where I'm bedridden will force me to occupy my time to distract me from feeling like dogwater.
    I still have over 200 pages to read for my multicultural psychology class, that needs a 10 page paper due along with it, and I only have two weeks to get that done. On top of this, I have about 4 other papers to do that if I had a whole day to myself, I could knock them out and not have to worry about them anymore. Although I hate the prospect of getting sick, I'm down with the sickness if it means I can have time to get my assignments done. Even if I don't get sick I know that I'll be able to get everything done, the only difference would be the amount of procrastination I do if I don't get sick. 
    When I have absolutely nothing to do, I feel this immense sense that I need to be occupying my time with something productive. This is why I found interest in making social media content, composing music, working on side projects, and much more because I love having things to do. I know being sick will make it harder for me to do the things that I love to fill my time with, but regardless I am going to push through the assignments and sickness to come out the other side a better person, as cheesy as it may seem.

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