It's Bronchitis season, once again! Have you ever heard so many coughs in one place?

If you're a first-year (or any year, for that matter) at the University of Kentucky, the first time you get sick can be detrimental. Spending countless hours on the phone with your mom trying to figure out just how much a dose of cough syrup is can be just as painful as that cold you just can't seem to shake.

The thought process that you go through as you lie, completely spread out on that Full XL Tempurpedic bed, watching some show on Netflix you've seen a thousand times before, can span anywhere from "I bet no one has ever even been this sick before," to "How many Advils have I taken today?"

Here are a few thoughts every UK student has at least once during their first time being sick on campus:

1. Why does the Pantry charge so much for tissues?

Do I even have enough flex for that? It's not, like, real money, right?

2. God, I hope I don't get my roommate sick.

The Woodland Glens are a breeding ground for whatever cold or flu is circulating. Wait... or did she get me sick?? Maybe one of her friends did. Maybe it was one of my friends. Either way, I'm pissed.

3. I don't feel up to walking to the 90 to eat.

Eating isn't that important, right? I think I have some Doritos somewhere in here, anyway.

4. What if I start coughing in my history lecture?

There's 200 people in that lecture and every single one of them will be disrupted. Why does Whitehall echo so much?

5. Maybe I'll just sit in the back.

That way I can just slip out and no one will notice me dying slowly in the hallway... except all those people who are sitting on the indoor benches at 10:20 am. What are you even waiting for? Nothing's happening at 10:20!!

6. Maybe I just shouldn't go.

It's really the most considerate option, when you think about it. (And the walk to Whitehall might make me even more sick...I'm pretty sure it actually is uphill both ways.)

7. But then I have to go to Urgent Care and get an excuse.

If I can't even walk 100 feet to the 90, how am I supposed to make it all the way across Lexington?? And I bet my parents wouldn't be okay with that Uber charge.

8. I bet someone in one of these Group-Me's has extra NyQuil.

Why hasn't anyone responded yet??

9. If I die, doesn't my roommate get free tuition or something??

Or maybe she just gets straight A's. Either way, I get better or she gets some kind of benefits... someone's always winning here.

10. I'll just sleep it off.

Until Sunday... maybe Monday...