I am becoming THAT person!
You know that colleague at your place of work who always seems to have some reason to be absent that is completely legit and yet HOW CAN SO MUCH SHIT HAPPEN TO ONE PERSON!? Yes, my friends, I am becoming that person. I, the person who never goes to the doctor, who doesn't have any allergies or special dietary needs, who tends to walk off rolled ankles and can recover from most wipe-outs with a laugh have left work in the middle of the day TWICE already this year with medical emergencies. About a month ago I woke up with a really stiff neck. This happens to everyone, I know. You sleep a little funny, the pillow scrunches up in a strange way, whatever. I went to work, obviously. I was sore, but everything was going tickety-boo until I was attacked by science supplies falling from a high-up shelf in the storage room. I reacted (as one does) and was rewarded with a completely seized neck. I couldn't move, I couldn't breathe, I was completely frozen in pain. It was the midd