Sick, Sick, Sick!

I have been so sick!
Fever, sore throat, horrible cough (with blood...gross I know).
I think I'm on the mend,
but I just saw on the news
that two women in New Orleans just died of the flue.
They were between 20-30.
Way to freak me out!
Apparently they were severe pnemonia cases,
cases that were immune to antibiotics.
Great.
Just skippy.

Had to get a note from the dean
for my jerk-off calculus teacher.
I'm heaving in front of him,
doctor's note in hand
and the man won't accept my request to postpone the test.
Though now he is willing to drop the grade.
Lovely.

I'm a very unhappy sick person.
My energy is coming back
and hopefully that will be enough to kick butt
on the next round of tests.

Got wait listed at Meharry.
I still want in!!!!
I hope it works out :-)

Lost 3.2 pounds at Weight Watchers.
Total of 7.6 thus far.
Woot. Woot.
Finally a positive!

Also a positive...
Kanye's new video.
Damn, I love Kanye.
When the video is on youtube I'll get it up,
in the meantime,
here is his performance of MaMa at the Grammy's.
One of my favorite songs of his,
and he is amazing.
I nearly teared up.
Damn, I love my mommy!

Cinderella's fault.

The female curse,
by which I mean shoe shopping,
all began with Cinderella (that skinny bitch).
Her poor sisters couldn't fit into that slipper,
and by slipper I mean four inch hooker heel.
Ofcourse, all that Prince Charming wanted was a tiny little blonde to fit into a ridiculous shoe (which I suspect caused blisters).


I went to DSW...the mecca of shoe shopping within four miles of my house in search of a pair of shoes to wear at my interview.
Pair after pair of cute,
yet highly uncomfortable and unrealistic shoes.
Have we lost our minds?
It is a proven fact that aesthetics have taken presedence over substance.
However, why the torture?
There must be a balance between the two!
Below is a very informative chart about the effects of high heels.


I found a cute pair of hush puppies that were very comfortable.
Maybe a little old-lady-esque,
but I've been acting more and more like an old lady these days anyway.
Viva la vieja!


Went to Targette,
picked up electronic Catch Phrase.
Now I need to step up and force my RAs to bond.
I've been promoted, incidentily at the time I gave up caring.
Hmm...new life plan?

Presentation tomorrow.
So happy to be done.
I notice when I'm stressed,
my creative juices flow more.
I crave writing, and painting,
and photography.

My goal for the next two weeks is to center myself.
I am going home,
catching up with Andrew,
seeing my entire giant Cuban family,
getting my wisdom teeth pulled out,
back to school shopping,
and collecting my thoughts and ideas.

I need clarity and definition.
I need to focus on what my goals are,
and how I'm truly going to achieve them.
I will further elaborate on this,
when I personally have them straight.

I am happy to go home.
My teeth hurt!!!!
I hate wisdom teeth.
I'm actually looking forward to this surgery!!
Crazy.



Summer needs to come to an end.
I feel disappointed and in worse shape than I began.
Sadly,
from this dispair,
I feel inspired,
I understand why artists must be tortured to truly make art.

Are you an Old Spice Man?

Just saw the funniest commercial for old spice,
which begs the question now,
are you an old spice man?

More to come once I finish my presentation,
and I get my wisdom teeth pulled,
and my perpetual head ache stops.

Wisdom Hurts.

What I've learned from my wisdom teeth.
1. Pain Tolerance
I have dealt with way toooo many sleepless nights. :-(
2. Follow your Doctor's advice.
When Dr. Alfano said to remove them, we should have...3 years ago.
3. Independence
They have hurt me so much, I finally realized I needed to see a dentist while away at school. I had to give my insurance info, play phone tag, fill my prescription all by myself, which is good life experience. Plus, I've learned to question my parents decisions.

I think that's about it.
Finally got to the dentist today.
Ah! Great straight teeth,
no braces, thank you much!
However, my enamel is very bad.
Can't win them all I suppose.


Here is a picture showing the pain of wisdom teeth...

Wisdom teeth hurt.
Mine are impacted
Which hurt more.
One is decaying since it couldn't get in
and that has been quite painful.
The dentist was quite horrified today.
He prescribed penicillin if it gets infected and swells,
vicoden if it hurts,
and flouride toothpaste to keep things contained.



Impacted wisdom tooth...

Other than feeling like an adult,
I cashed my checks,
scoped out my books for the fall
and had a pizza party for LAMP tonight.
There was a low turn out,
but it was nice.

Below is a just an added extra.
I saw it on Rosie's website.
I think it sums up many people's anger
and disappointment with our current
government quite nicely.