I think we can all agree that if the plague suddenly sneaks up on you that you would want to be home for when it does. However, you cant always get what you want. Being sick away from home is for sure not fun. Being sick in general isn't fun, but when you have to take care of yourself it makes it that much worse. Here are some reasons why being sick at college is the absolute worst

1) You have to shop and cook for yourself: When all you want to do is kick back and have mom make you something warm to eat and to go out and buy you Tylenol. You have to be your own mom and do it all yourself.

2) You have no one to complain to: you can only complain to your roommates so many times, but with your parents, you feel like the complaining has no limits. They suck it up and listen to how you think you're never going to get better

3) Driving yourself to the doctor: Before you jump on me about how I'm twenty years old and still need my mom to come the doctor with me, just know that having company at the doctors office makes going a whole lot easier. Sitting in the waiting room by yourself not only feels more like a drag, it's just depressing.

4) Deprived of the extra care: Parents just want to make sure there child gets better as fast as they can. It's hard to be deprived of the reminders to take care of yourself, drink water, keep on medications, etc. I can almost guarantee i won't remember to prompt my pillow up, i'm just waiting for mom to come into my room.

5) Trying to concentrate on homework while being sick just seems to be set up for a fail. Regardless of your deprived sleep schedule, that paper is still due in two days.

If only we can pick a week out of the calendar to sacrifice ourselves to be sick, but unfortunately we know that isn't the case. There will be days when you are homesick, especially the days where you are too sick to get out of bed. I may not remember every single thing my mom told me to do when I am sick, but i do know that mom is a call away... and I have made it this far.