Have you ever gotten sick right before a vacation or traveling somewhere? If you haven’t, consider yourself lucky. Traveling while you’re sick sucks. Big time. It’s happened to me more than once — usually some kind of sore throat or sinus problem. Even just the tiniest hint of illness right before a trip can send me into a bad mood, feeling cranky and under the weather and totally sorry for myself.

If you have been sick before traveling, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. I’d venture to guess that most people have experienced it once. Even if there’s no scientific evidence to prove that you run a higher risk of getting sick when you’re about to go on vacation, it’s Murphy’s Law: if something bad can happen, it will, and it will happen at the worst possible moment. #life

I made my way to Los Angeles last week for a…