Day 71: The Welcome Back to College Gift

It’s that time of the new term. The time when everyone has mingled together in the cesspool of germs known as the dormitory and contracted the start of term cold. This cold will continue to make its rounds on campus until no room has been left unaffected by its misery. Of course, I should be one of the lucky few to get it fairly early on. Last term I managed to hold out until I was the last one on my hall to have yet suffered its ills. However, this term I must be one of the first to experience it.

So for the past day I have trudged around campus hacking, sniffling, and attempting to continue life as normal. On top of feeling sick, the new term decided to throw an oppressing heat wave on my mountain. The sweltering humidity clings heavily to everything and leaves you sticky after walking from one class to another.

Most of my day was spent hiding away indoors and my walk was moved back to an hour before sunset in hopes that it would cool off. I was very disappointed when I stepped out to find that the temperature had barely dropped and the humidity had increased. By the time my brief 3.18 mile (5.1 km) was done, I was disgustingly sticky with sweat, thoroughly tired, and my cough was getting worse. One cold shower later I was feeling absolutely miserable and took some medicine before crawling into my bed in hopes of forgetting all about my day. It amazes me how quick I am to give up on the journey when the heat moves in. I can slog for hours through rain, and have done so numerous times, but when the heat and humidity comes I am more than ready to quit. The hobbits keep going through all sorts of weather conditions and situations, the least I can do is put up with some heat.

The Road Goes Ever On and On,
~ Daisy Buttons