i get strep throat at LEAST once a year and it's always this side that i get the ear/throat pain so like. realistically it's probably strep

which sucks bc i'll have to go to the doc for antibiotics if that's the case and that's like 20 minutes away now and i'll have to take time from work to do it x_x;

but the worst part is that my brain is like it's covid you're gonna die

as one of my friends put it: "and those three vaccines you took are looking at your brain like AM I A JOKE TO YOU" and SHE'S RIGHT but ALSO,

oh no. strep is bad. I hope you feel better soon

aleve and tea seems to have pretty much handled the situation for now, but if it does get worse i will be going to the doctor. not doing that with strep once is how i wound up with pneumonia so let's not