Doctor Mom

According to my mom, here's why I've been down with a fever and a chest cold for the past few days:

- I walk on the kitchen floor (tiles) without slippers.
- I watch too much (criminal) TV.
- I smoke.
- I shower post-exercise.
- I shower when there's no daylight.
- I use my iPod too often.
- I go out too much and don't stay home often enough.
- Really anything else I do that she disapproves of.
- I don't cover my hair in public.
- I stopped eating meat.

I must disagree with her, though, because there is only one reason I've been suffering chills and nursing a bad cough:

I took notice of my jackets again.

See, I periodically buy (and possibly hoard) jackets and hoodies JUST IN CASE it gets cold. They always end up in the cupboard, way in the back, unused. But without fail, every time I notice them and wonder when I'd ever use them in this psycho Jeddah weather, I get sick with a fever, at which point I DO use them.

So, to prevent sickness, next time I notice the jackets, I will make a huge deal of pretending I DIDN'T notice them.

#science