Stephanie Gayle

Why being sick sucks (for me at least):

I don't deal very well with boredom.
Afternoon television=terrible sh*t.
My dreams are pretty strange when I'm well. When I'm sick? They are ridiculous.
I can't enjoy food.
My attention span becomes gnat-like.
I become even paler when sick. Ergo, I become pure white.
Reading tires me out. The one opportunity I have to sit in bed and read and I cannot enjoy it!
I obsess about all the tiny items I should (but can't) be doing.
I want my Mom to come fix me. In most cases, this is not possible.
All I can talk about is being sick, and I start getting bored by myself (refer to point one).
Not being able to get into see my doctor, and instead being told the only person I can see is the one person I *won't* see in the entire practice (he's incompetent, truly).
Looking through the Merck Manual and becoming sad at all the horrible afflictions human beings can fall prey to, and feeling guilty at feeling happy I don't have any of these terrible diseases.
Getting pissed off at the Merck Manual for not telling me definitively what minor ailment is afflicting me.
Getting tired by the mere idea of exercise.
Having to nap because I really thought too long about exercise.

Frankly the only thing good about getting sick is getting better.