Missing State

So last week was our State Tournament, our last tournament of the year.  It is always fun, and each year has been better.  Until this year.  I wasn't able to play in it because I was sick.  And I didn't just have the cold - I could have played through that, but instead I had a really, really bad flu, which is weird for me because I barely ever get sick.  It was so bad that for about a week I just sat on the couch.  The good part was that I got to watch a lot of college basketball games that were on TV, and Mom did buy me a donut once.  Actually, I stopped being sick before the State Tournament even started.  I thought that I would be able to play.  But when I woke up the morning of the day of the State Tournament, I could not even walk.  At first, I just told myself that I was just sore, like always, and just had to walk it off.  But it just got worse as I walked more.  So when I somehow got downstairs to get breakfast, I knew that I wouldn't be able to play that day.  I mean, if a dude can barely walk downstairs to get the best meal of the day - BREAKFAST - then what can a dude do?  So I wasn't sick anymore right in time for State, but then I couldn't walk.  Just my luck.  And on top of it all, I got a rash all over my body.  Now, I am completely fine, but I still wish that I could have played in State.