The worst thing about being sick

Is a sore throat. I can handle stuffy, clogged noses full of mucus. I can handle a hacking, annoying cough. But having your throat feel like sandpaper every time you swallow is just too much for me. It makes me want to claw at my neck, to tear at what I’m sure is angry redness inside and to smother it with ice cubes or better yet, cut it away. But I guess I’ll have to settle for trying to scald it with boiling tea.

Oh, and I graduated from university today. That was cool.