During this weird transition time of Spring and Summer, many people get sick. Whether it's a small case of the sniffles or full-on flu complete with 102.6 fever and retching, having an illness is the worst. In fact, here are 50 things I'd rather do than be sick.

1. Graduate with a 1.0 GPA

2. Eat only tofu for the rest of my life

3. Only have classes in CapFed, Nunemaker, JRP, and Fraser for the rest of my KU career

4. Roll down a hill of gravel

5. Never eat ice cream again

6. Sit through a five-hour lecture on rock formations

7. Lose my glasses as often as Velma does in "Scooby Doo"

8. Build a functioning boat out of newspaper and masking tape

9. Walk 500 miles

10. Walk 500 more

11. Pull three all-nighters in a row

12. Give up coffee for a whole year

13. Go back to high school

14. Run a marathon in flip flops

15. Try to win a staring contest with a statue

16. Read the nutrition facts of all my favorite comfort foods

17. Drink Mountain Dew for the rest of my life

18. Pull a Britney a la 2008 and shave my head

19. Cry for five hours about literally nothing

20. Read the dictionary. All 26 letters

21. Drink really bad coffee

22. Finally lay down to go to sleep and realize I have an exam tomorrow I didn't study for

23. Live in a cave, with or without a bear

24. Lick the floor of a public bathroom

25. Watch a five-hour documentary on the making of staples

26. Cheer for K-State at any Sunflower Showdown

27. Have any sort of hangnail

28. Give a 20-minute speech on mealworms

29. Listen to an entire album of Nickleback

30. Get a million paper cuts on my body and sit in a tub full of lemon juice

31. Wear jeans that don't fit with no belt

32. Trip and fall while trying to turn in an exam

33. Drink flat Sprite

34. Go over Niagara Falls in a barrel

35. Memorize the Dewey Decimal System

36. Lose a game of laser tag to a group of third-graders

37. Have an eyelash in my eye for a solid 24-hours

38. Take a week vacation in Antarctica

39. Participating in a hot dog-eating contest twice in one day

40. Have dinner with the Kardashians

41. Eat any kind of soggy cereal

42. Walk across a bed of coals

43. Wear a bucket hat for the rest of my life

44. Go dumpster diving

45. Dab every time someone said my name

46. Walk through a sea of Legos

47. Be BFFs with Gollum

48. Get my hair stuck in the door every time I get into a car

49. Wear grey for the rest of my life

50. Eat an entire tub of Miracle Whip

So, cover up, eat your fruits and veggies, and stay healthy. It can get much worse for you if you don't.