My new best friend - Nyquil
On Thursdays, my team volunteers with the Salvation Army Day Camp, but I've been coughing for a week and I wasn't sure if I should spend the day with a bunch of kids. When our team got there, it turned out that they only needed 10 out of 14 of us. I stayed for a bit to see if they needed any help, then opted to go home and take a nap to rest and to keep my germs to myself.
At first, I felt really odd going home early. I had close to perfect attendance throughout my K-12 years and almost never missed class in college, even when I was sick (I coughed my way through a final exam once, much to the annoyance of my classmates). In essence, I just don't know how to take a sick day, so I was a bit unsure of what to do with myself after I woke up from my nap, since it was still several hours before I had expected to be back at the hostel.
I ended up prepping for my training/activity I'm leading tomorrow and then chilling in my room, not doing anything in particular. I'm glad that I did take a sick day, and I'm I'm glad that I'm learning to slow down and take things easy when I'm not feeling well.
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