The Carroll Plague

Last week I was hit with maybe one of the worst flu's I have had in years. It was one of those illnesses where you acquire a Woody Allen level of paranoia about your health. You lie in bed at night wondering if you should start willing out your possessions, and have 9-1 dialed in case this flu is your untimely demise. Thankfully, I have started feeling better basically after like an entire week of being sick. However, I noticed while I was sick, how unacceptable being sick is nowadays. It seems as though teachers, employers, and friends expect you to be better in a matter of hours, like there's nothing an Advil can't cure. Maybe this is because of how technology makes everyone so accessible, that it feels like you can't be left alone, when you really just want to lay in your bed and stop throwing up. It makes you wonder if people would complain less about flu season if they would just take themselves out of commission for at least a day and try to get better. I know I probably got sick in the first place from one of those die-hard attendance award winners, who just couldn't bring themselves to stay home when they were sick. Life is too short to waste a week being sick, please do everyone a favor and waste a day. That's just my opinion I could be wrong...