The Diagnosis

Well, it's been an interesting couple of hours.  Last night Dad took a look at my throat and thought I might have strep throat.  I was given a very comforting blessing, and then tried to got to sleep.
Emphasis on tried.  I kept tossing and turning, trying to find a comfortable position where I would be able to swallow as little as possible.  When I finally did drift off to sleep, I had dreams about being a disease-ridden outcast.
Needless to say, I called the doctor's office to get an appointment as soon as they were open. ;)  The doctor was very kind, and pretty fun.  He took a look, and a couple swabs, and said that I don't have strep, just a viral infection, and that I should be able to fight it off with ibuprofen and Jamba Juice (cold drinks). 
So here I am, ditching school so I don't feel sick over finals week, sucking ice cubes and looking up my teachers power points so I don't completely miss the material (one good thing about having schools go online).  I just hope they don't have any quizzes today. ;)

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

I Hate Being Sick

I think it's official.  My allergies have gone from a bit of sniffling to an full-blown cold.  As in, a can't-keep-my-throat-moist-coughing-all-the-time kind of cold.  It rots.  A lot.  No matter what I do, my throat is painfully dry.  I ended up drinking more in half an hour than I usually do in a week, and the only result was that I kept having to go to the bathroom.
IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!
On the plus side, Kay's idea about yogurt was really helpful, and I had a crazy dream last night that Regina was Morgana and she was looking for Emrys, who was supposedly "Henry's son," which I didn't understand because that would mean Emrys was either her grandson, or her brother.  And then Aragorn randomly showed up.
The characters in my head have interesting interactions.

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

It Came!

So, I probably haven't mentioned before, but I recently bought several copies of my anthology (the one I got a short story published in).  There were a lot of complications involved in buying it, but today after school I went to put my things in my room...
AND THERE THEY WERE!!!
I was so excited!  I finally had a copy of "my" book!  I mean, I have an e-copy, but it's nowhere near as cool as having my own, actual, hard copy!
I am very excited.

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Allergy Season

Can I just say I hate allergy season?  So, so much.  Either my nose is running as if it were training for a marathon, or my throat is so sore I can barely breathe without getting stabs of pain.  I love spring, I really do, but why oh WHY does it have to come with all this pain and irritation?
I think I need another cough drop.

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Sooore...

Really all I can think about at the moment is how sore my feet are.  Kinda sad, I know.  Still, when all you want to do is let your feet rest, and you're constantly having to get up and tell your dog to quit barking at the neighbor's visiting family, it kinda sticks.
Remind me to quit cleaning in old ballet flats.  It doesn't do much good.

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Homework

It's evil.  IT EATS YOUR SOUL!!  When you're in elementary school it's semi-fun, as long as you enjoy the subject.  When you're in Jr. High it's an interesting challenge, as long as it doesn't get in the way of what you want to do.  When you're in High School it's an annoying obligation that you get out of your way as fast as you can.
In college... IT'S YOUR LIFE!!!  You have to work, and go to school, and eat and sleep, and then you have to do MORE SCHOOLWORK on TOP of it all!
Finals... they're getting closer...

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Interested? Mayhaps...

Soooo, I've kinda been going to Subway every Wednesday with my friend Boonishly... and we may or may not be going just so I can talk to that cute friendly British kid...  And... well, I kinda think he might be interested!
I mean, I've made this mistake before.  Thinking a guy was interested when he really wasn't.  But, we were actually able to have a conversation, since I was the last person in line during a lull... and he seemed disappointed when I left...
Con: I have less than three weeks of school left, then I have all of summer, during which he may change shifts, jobs, even schools!
Pro: A lot can happen in three weeks. ;)
So I guess we'll see what happens!

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira