On Campus with no Tissues

[PennyLane]

Hello hello.

I have a cold.

I REALLY thought it was allergies. My nose itching itching itching yesteray. I would rub it raw in search of relief, but only end up producing a sneezing fit.

Hh-chiuhh!!...hhh…

My fits are always so slow, the sneezes build and hitch in a way that’s almost torturous.

HHASHHhhhiewww!!...huhhh??...ikchh!

So on and so forth. I’d be stuck forever making stupid pre-sneeze faces till they finally came out.

Anyway.

When my throat started hurting yesterday, I chalked it up to a post-nasal drip.

I was wrong.

This morning when I woke up I could hardly swallow, my throat was so sore. My nose was dripping so uncontrollably it tickled and…

Hihhh…et-kchhhh!!....oww

Sneezing hurt my throat. Everything hurt my throat. But the grind don’t stop! I poured and obscene amount of honey in with my water bottle and went to class. The campus is a 15 minute walk from my apartment, which wasn’t so bad in the morning but… I’ll get to that later.

Covid is still so prominent at my college, so coughing was off the table. If I wasn’t drinking my honey water, I was sucking on a tic tac. They’re much cheaper than cough drops, and way less “sick” looking.

Class wasn’t so bad. Every now and again Id have to suppress a cough or sneeze, but overall I was able to slip under the radar.

The library on the other hand…

I was sitting at a table between the book shelves. To my left was a table of what I can only describe as frat boys. Were they cute? Yes. Did I want them to see me with a sniffling head cold? No.

Of course that’s when my nose started to act up.

Hhhhhh….hihhh!!

Discretely as I could, I fished out the bundle of tissues I packed this morning. They were super thin and flimsy, but they had to do. They had to.

Hah?! hmpSHH!! Mmph-ikshh!! Ha-eish!! Hhhh…CHOOO!!

The tissues had completely dissolved in my hands. To say I was mortified is an understatement. Frat boy table left shortly after my sneeze fit, but I still wasn’t eager to hang around.

 

One more class of the day. I ate the rest of my tic tacs and drank the last of my honey water. Half way through I debated leaving to blow my nose in the bathroom, but I am way to anxious to get up during a lecture.

It was the walk back to my apartment when everything went downhill.

I had no more tissues, and my nose was starting to run more than it had all day. Mess was flowing out both my nostrils at a rate I couldn’t conceal to other students walking by. With nothing else to wipe my nose on, I lifted my sleeve.

Bad move.

(very messy sneezes ahead)

The fabric on my nostrils was just the tickle my nose needed.

No not now…not…hhhhhh….hagh??

And my sneezing fits are so slow, I had to walk with my sleeve under my nostrils.

HHhhHhhHh….HIEEESHHHH!!!!...aish-iewww!!

Mess. Everywhere.

My whole sleeve was glistening and wet on my wrist. And with nothing now to clean my nose, my nostrils were glistening and dripping. All I could do was hold my sleeve under my nose till I made it back to my car, with which I immediately drove to Walmart and bought every cold medicine I could get my grubby paws on.

So yeah, now I’m sitting with my roommate. Still very messy and sneezy, but at least now I have tissues.

[NickG1998]

Bless you I hope you feel better soon 

[Trynasneeze]

What an experience! Colds somehow always get the messiest when you have nothing to contain the mess

[SneezeAbbie]

Aww bless you! I hope you recover quickly and your supply of tissues will last.

[RiversD]

Hey, @PennyLane just wanted to check: are you older than your profile says? I know some people got stuck as youth members during the admin shortage, were you one of them?

I'm assuming so since you seem to be in college but you could be highly precocious, who am I to tell?

[PennyLane]

1 hour ago, RiversD said:

Hey, @PennyLane just wanted to check: are you older than your profile says? I know some people got stuck as youth members during the admin shortage, were you one of them?

I'm assuming so since you seem to be in college but you could be highly precocious, who am I to tell?

@RiversD yes actually lol! I joined back in high school but my account hasn't aged as I have.

[TheCakeIsAlive]

On 9/2/2021 at 9:54 PM, PennyLane said:

@RiversD yes actually lol! I joined back in high school but my account hasn't aged as I have.

Hi PennyLane. Could you just confirm whether your age hasn't updated since you joined? I can update your profile to show the right age & group! Many thanks!

[PennyLane]

12 hours ago, TheCakeIsAlive said:

Hi PennyLane. Could you just confirm whether your age hasn't updated since you joined? I can update your profile to show the right age & group! Many thanks!

Yep! I am older than my account states. If you could update that I'd greatly appreciate it, @TheCakeIsAlive!

[TheCakeIsAlive]

@PennyLane Should be all done for you now! 

[Should I bless]

On 9/1/2021 at 2:44 AM, PennyLane said:

Hello hello.

 

I have a cold.

 

I REALLY thought it was allergies. My nose itching itching itching yesteray. I would rub it raw in search of relief, but only end up producing a sneezing fit.

 

Hh-chiuhh!!...hhh…

My fits are always so slow, the sneezes build and hitch in a way that’s almost torturous.

 

HHASHHhhhiewww!!...huhhh??...ikchh!

So on and so forth. I’d be stuck forever making stupid pre-sneeze faces till they finally came out.

 

Anyway.

 

When my throat started hurting yesterday, I chalked it up to a post-nasal drip.

 

I was wrong.

 

This morning when I woke up I could hardly swallow, my throat was so sore. My nose was dripping so uncontrollably it tickled and…

 

Hihhh…et-kchhhh!!....oww

Sneezing hurt my throat. Everything hurt my throat. But the grind don’t stop! I poured and obscene amount of honey in with my water bottle and went to class. The campus is a 15 minute walk from my apartment, which wasn’t so bad in the morning but… I’ll get to that later.

 

Covid is still so prominent at my college, so coughing was off the table. If I wasn’t drinking my honey water, I was sucking on a tic tac. They’re much cheaper than cough drops, and way less “sick” looking.

 

Class wasn’t so bad. Every now and again Id have to suppress a cough or sneeze, but overall I was able to slip under the radar.

 

The library on the other hand…

 

I was sitting at a table between the book shelves. To my left was a table of what I can only describe as frat boys. Were they cute? Yes. Did I want them to see me with a sniffling head cold? No.

 

Of course that’s when my nose started to act up.

 

Hhhhhh….hihhh!!

Discretely as I could, I fished out the bundle of tissues I packed this morning. They were super thin and flimsy, but they had to do. They had to.

 

Hah?! hmpSHH!! Mmph-ikshh!! Ha-eish!! Hhhh…CHOOO!!

The tissues had completely dissolved in my hands. To say I was mortified is an understatement. Frat boy table left shortly after my sneeze fit, but I still wasn’t eager to hang around.

 

 

 

One more class of the day. I ate the rest of my tic tacs and drank the last of my honey water. Half way through I debated leaving to blow my nose in the bathroom, but I am way to anxious to get up during a lecture.

 

It was the walk back to my apartment when everything went downhill.

 

I had no more tissues, and my nose was starting to run more than it had all day. Mess was flowing out both my nostrils at a rate I couldn’t conceal to other students walking by. With nothing else to wipe my nose on, I lifted my sleeve.

 

Bad move.

 

(very messy sneezes ahead)

 

The fabric on my nostrils was just the tickle my nose needed.

 

No not now…not…hhhhhh….hagh??

And my sneezing fits are so slow, I had to walk with my sleeve under my nostrils.

 

HHhhHhhHh….HIEEESHHHH!!!!...aish-iewww!!

Mess. Everywhere.

 

My whole sleeve was glistening and wet on my wrist. And with nothing now to clean my nose, my nostrils were glistening and dripping. All I could do was hold my sleeve under my nose till I made it back to my car, with which I immediately drove to Walmart and bought every cold medicine I could get my grubby paws on.

 

So yeah, now I’m sitting with my roommate. Still very messy and sneezy, but at least now I have tissues.

 

Those sound like some very inconvenient sneezes!

[newyorkfilmmaker]

On 8/31/2021 at 9:44 PM, PennyLane said:

Hello hello.

 

I have a cold.

 

I REALLY thought it was allergies. My nose itching itching itching yesteray. I would rub it raw in search of relief, but only end up producing a sneezing fit.

 

Hh-chiuhh!!...hhh…

My fits are always so slow, the sneezes build and hitch in a way that’s almost torturous.

 

HHASHHhhhiewww!!...huhhh??...ikchh!

So on and so forth. I’d be stuck forever making stupid pre-sneeze faces till they finally came out.

 

Anyway.

 

When my throat started hurting yesterday, I chalked it up to a post-nasal drip.

 

I was wrong.

 

This morning when I woke up I could hardly swallow, my throat was so sore. My nose was dripping so uncontrollably it tickled and…

 

Hihhh…et-kchhhh!!....oww

Sneezing hurt my throat. Everything hurt my throat. But the grind don’t stop! I poured and obscene amount of honey in with my water bottle and went to class. The campus is a 15 minute walk from my apartment, which wasn’t so bad in the morning but… I’ll get to that later.

 

Covid is still so prominent at my college, so coughing was off the table. If I wasn’t drinking my honey water, I was sucking on a tic tac. They’re much cheaper than cough drops, and way less “sick” looking.

 

Class wasn’t so bad. Every now and again Id have to suppress a cough or sneeze, but overall I was able to slip under the radar.

 

The library on the other hand…

 

I was sitting at a table between the book shelves. To my left was a table of what I can only describe as frat boys. Were they cute? Yes. Did I want them to see me with a sniffling head cold? No.

 

Of course that’s when my nose started to act up.

 

Hhhhhh….hihhh!!

Discretely as I could, I fished out the bundle of tissues I packed this morning. They were super thin and flimsy, but they had to do. They had to.

 

Hah?! hmpSHH!! Mmph-ikshh!! Ha-eish!! Hhhh…CHOOO!!

The tissues had completely dissolved in my hands. To say I was mortified is an understatement. Frat boy table left shortly after my sneeze fit, but I still wasn’t eager to hang around.

 

 

 

One more class of the day. I ate the rest of my tic tacs and drank the last of my honey water. Half way through I debated leaving to blow my nose in the bathroom, but I am way to anxious to get up during a lecture.

 

It was the walk back to my apartment when everything went downhill.

 

I had no more tissues, and my nose was starting to run more than it had all day. Mess was flowing out both my nostrils at a rate I couldn’t conceal to other students walking by. With nothing else to wipe my nose on, I lifted my sleeve.

 

Bad move.

 

(very messy sneezes ahead)

 

The fabric on my nostrils was just the tickle my nose needed.

 

No not now…not…hhhhhh….hagh??

And my sneezing fits are so slow, I had to walk with my sleeve under my nostrils.

 

HHhhHhhHh….HIEEESHHHH!!!!...aish-iewww!!

Mess. Everywhere.

 

My whole sleeve was glistening and wet on my wrist. And with nothing now to clean my nose, my nostrils were glistening and dripping. All I could do was hold my sleeve under my nose till I made it back to my car, with which I immediately drove to Walmart and bought every cold medicine I could get my grubby paws on.

 

So yeah, now I’m sitting with my roommate. Still very messy and sneezy, but at least now I have tissues.

 

Bless you!!! 
REALLY fantastic obs!

Thanks for sharing

[Wild Man]

Bless you! Thanks for sharing this was awesome to read!