On my 21st birthday, I was plagued with a stomach virus. I was crushed I was not going out to get my first legal drink. Instead of getting sick from too much alcohol, I was getting sick from germs.
I have not been that sick in years, so I tried to figure out how it happened. Just a few days prior, I went to the mall to buy an outfit for my birthday.
That was the only place I went that could have gotten me sick. I vowed I would never go to the mall again to avoid a repeat of my 21st birthday.
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