in your head.

i heard once that sickness is all mental, that if you tell yourself you aren't sick, you won't be.  it's just that simple...or at least it's worth a try.  so if anyone asks, tell them that my nose isn't stuffed up to the point that if i close my mouth for one second that i feel like i might suffocate.  tell them the skin around my nose isn't read or raw or burning.  my body doesn't ache like a gray haired, old lady.  tell them my voice doesn't sound like a squeaky, quieter, man version of my real one.  and, just in case anyone asks, tylenol pm and vicks vapor rub scented tissues aren't my best friends right now.  run and tell that.