I want to be one of those chill people, who just go along with all the things even when they are sick.
But I can’t do it.
My cough is annoying me.

I need it to stop.
I’m so tired of cough medicine
and cough drops
but in between those, I’m coughing so hard it
shakes
my
whole
body.

I don’t want to write about coughing. I mean, how
boring.

When I was growing up, my cough would get so bad that my mom would have to sit up with me in bed all night, propping me up.
I had to take NyQuil (mixed with 7-up!) when I was like 6 years old.
Luckily, these days, (knock on wood) I don’t get this awful cough as often. Also, I can prop myself up with pillows. And cough drops.
Did I mention I am so tired of cough drops?

But when this cough comes, it sticks around
and really stands its ground.

Today I tried. I took the dog on a walk.
I worked a little.
I read a little.
I did adulting things like paying bills.
And I wrote this.
But that’s all the chill I can can do.
I need my pajamas, some more tea, and
please, some easy breaths.
Just a few!