I can’t take it anymore! This cough is driving me mental! Aaaaahhhh *cough, cough*

I should have sucked it up and stayed home today. I shouldn’t let my guilt get the better of me. I would be best for me and my co-workers if I didn’t come in, right? Why can’t I have rational thoughts like this at 5:00am? I am coughing all over the place.
I just had a meeting with my boss (great guy, very understanding) and on comes a HUGE coughing fit. Like the kind where your eyes water and you gag. Ugh. It must have lasted for like 5 minutes. The whole time I’m thinking… Oh my gawd, I’m either gonna puke or shit myself!
He was very understanding and tried to act as though it wasn’t a big deal. I know he was trying to get the hell outta there as fast as he could so he didn’t get covered in my icky germs, which I politely hacked into my sleeve.

But still, I would rather this then throwing up! Because why? Let’s say it in unison “I hate throwing up!”