When did being sick stop being fun?

I am sick today, as I have been for every day in the past two weeks. I am sick of being sick! I tried to go to my internship and was sent home because I was too sick.






As I was laying in bed attempting to sleep off the afternoon and this annoying flu, I started remembering how much fun being sick used to be. My mom would bring me multiple glasses of flat Coke (It's what the Dr. told her to do) and I would get rubbing-alcohol back rubs in addition to being able to watch all the movies I wanted and skip school. It was great!

However, now, as an adult, I am not allowed to miss any school. As sick as I feel, I have to go to class tonight because I skipped my Tuesday night class two weeks ago when I first came down with this flu. I am only allowed to skip two classes. If I skip any more than this then I am denied credit for the course. Unfortunately, it seems to be my pattern that I always get really sick on Tuesdays.

The other weird thing about being an adult is that I have responsibilities other than class to which I need to attend. When I am sick it is much harder to do my laundry, prepare meals, do homework etc. I also have a life and want to do things such as go out salsa dancing, stay up reading research articles on resilience in elders and other things that would not have been a priority as a child. Basically, I have found that not being sick is actually less stressful for me than being sick, which never used to be the case.

I can't really say when this change occurred. Perhaps in college when I became sick for the first time and had no one to cater to my every whim and need? Perhaps my first time living alone when I had more independence and interesting things to do? I can't say. I also know that some people still look at their sick time as a period of needed rest, so perhaps it is just me who does not find being sick fun anymore.

These are my thoughts for the day. Now I return to bed before my class.