Of course I would get the flu

So I woke up yesterday morning feeling like crap. My nose was runny the night before so I knew that a cold was brewing internally. 

I headed to the student center to grab some pasta and tea to soothe my throat. I was almost done eating when Charlie, a CIEE kid from Northeastern stopped by. He’s a cool kid.  He’s taking the American Cinema class that I wanted to take. Apparently he’s the only American in the class.  It was almost time for my Turkish class. I arrived to class and sat next to my usual partner Fernando, from Spain. When I sat down I felt achy all over like I had the flu. Class was actually pretty good yesterday. I learned Turkish numbers, a few more words and a few more vowel sounds. FYI there are 8 vowels in Turkish. Click on this link to hear what I am talking about.

When class was over I walked with Marteen, from The Nederlands (Netherlands) through the maze of under ground tunnels. I have to do that more often. The maze helped me stay dry and by passed 4 flights of stairs. I started feeling achy again when I was at the student center. I decided to use the hour I had between classes at the library and finish my Turkish homework. After about 30 minuets I packed up and head to the health center.

The health center was empty when I arrived. 3 nurses who only spoke a few words in English greeted me. I saw the doctor after about 5 minuets of waiting. I came in and said Merhaba. The doctor asked me if I knew Turkish. I replied only a little bit. She replied we could converse in Turkish. I declined. The diagnosis was that I had a mild case of the flu. The doctor prescribed ibuprofen, an antihistamine and an antiseptic for my tonsils. I left the office and I handed the prescription into the receptionist so he could call it in to the pharmacy.

I went back to my room and napped until 5pm when the pharmacist arrived on campus. The pharmacist only spoke Turkish because of this I immediately gave him ID card. Even though he had my ID he still for some reason he tried to give me someone else’s medication. After about 2 minuets of confusion and the help of another customer I received my medicine, which was 16.71TL (11.73). Thank goodness for the little bit of Turkish I do know because the instructions were all in Turkish!

I left for my room took the medicine and relaxed a bit more.  Then I headed out to Migros to get my tea and mug from Lexie, the cafeteria for dinner and the library to pick up some movies (Boyz N the Hood and Borat). I had a good time relaxing but felt bored as soon as the movie was done. I’m not used to having to sit down for such an extended period of time. Thank goodness for my mom because she called me three times last night. Thanks Mom!