July 7, 2012 – Sick day

We had nothing planned for today. I slept until about midday. Took a shower, toasted my clothes and got a call from Tebogo to come down to the Student Center. Dontranika and I got ready and went down there. I wasn’t feeling so well. By the time we got there I was feeling completely sick. I was weak and could barely walk on my own. Tebogo brought me to a medical truck right outside. I laid down on the bed in an effort to ease some of the pain, but the smell of the pillow made me nauseous. What the hell kind of dirty pillow was that?

Some guy who thought he was a doctor came with a stethoscope and tried to figure out what the problem was. As usual, the final decision was to give me some pills. I don’t want pills! I just want to go to sleep until the pain goes away. We got a ride back to my room, where Tebogo made sure I was tucked in and ok. Then everybody else left and went to the mall.

Dontranika, Alicia, and Tebogo checked up on me periodically via text messaging to make sure I wasn’t dead. I appreciated that. They came back from the mall about 5 hours later and planned to go to the barn again. Dontranika and I decided to stay in our rooms instead. About an hour later, I heard someone screaming my name from outside. I opened my window and looked out. Sure enough it was Tebogo checking up on me. That’s my homie!