Short Story #77: Medicine

I was not feeling sick today. I actually felt pretty normal, but my nose suddenly became runny briefly in the morning and then at night. So I took some medicine.

Of course, the medicine could cause drowsiness so in a matter of a few hours, it began to take effect and my eyelids slowly start to droop as my mind went to dreamland. It was hard to fight the feeling. It felt almost tempting to just give in to the overwhelming effects of the medicine but I still have my daily writing blog to update. Which is why some 'short stories' ended up becoming my personal rants. I had actually thought of transforming those rants to storylines with fictional characters but then again, that would be a little unnecessary since those rants reflect my personal lives and somehow, I had to perform some sort of catharsis to let go these suppressed emotions inside me. Even now, I am yawning uncontrollably, trying to fight my doziness.

So, last month, I had fallen sick with only a slight fever and headache so I did not have to take antibiotics daily. This meant that my immune system is still strong but I foresee me going down tih a high fever later this year. Hopefully, it would happen during my school break because I do not like missing lessons and having my participation remarks being compromised as a result. It is easy to forget to drink mineral water daily when I am off taking my good health for granted and wasting my precious time away by doing nothing but slowly sabotaging my own health.

Many times I have read that an adequate amount of sleep and almost 30 minutes of exercise daily are very important to maintaining a good health but I still find myself unable to heed two pieces of simple advice. Why? Well, to sort of comfort myself a little, I did sleep as early as 11 p.m. earlier this week. Truly, that surprised me and I woke up feeling refreshed though I still had the annoying recurring problem of refusing to step out of my bed and shower. Haha.

Onward to the medicine, I almost fell asleep just now and while I was slowly falling asleep, I listened to a song in my phone and in my dazed state, I felt as if the verse replayed itself then I frowned and shook myself awake to realize that it was a different second verse. Medicine really makes you feel high and unfocused. Even though I am disappointed at myself for not being productive today, sleep is important and I should not try to fight off the effects of the medicine.

So good night!