In my current quest to stay healthy before exams come up next week, I’m trying to do a little self-maintenance. Drink lots of water, get enough sleep, wash my hands all the time, take my vitamins. I’m hoping I beat any potential germs (take me after December 12th, you can have me!), but returning from the holiday break complicates things in several ways:

* I ate a ton of sugar over break. Pie, brownies, cinnamon rolls, cookies. Sugar always kills my immune system, or seems to.
* My mom was sick while I was home.
* I’m predicting a regression back to my old premed days, complete with a freakout and stress out session. Bad for the immune system, too. (And bad for the memory: cortisones, released due to stress, decrease short-term memory function.)
* I was surrounded by coughing, wheezing germ factories (toddlers) on the plane.
* In my effort to wash my hands and drink lots of water, I’ve noticed this disgusting pattern in men’s restrooms, if I may. Why the hell are all the men who pee on toilet seats really dehydrated? I swear, it’s rare you see clear urine all over a toilet seat. (I’ve set the other hypothesis, that they all take lots of vitamins, aside for the time being.) Oh, and while I’m at it, what is with all the men that don’t wash their hands? Is this some sort of macho thing? It’s manly to be unhygienic? I think there should be two door handles in public restrooms. One for people that wash their hands, and one for people that don’t.

Neurotic and a little nervous about these exams, you say? Bah. Never.

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