Stuttering Stanley

Oh how I love Saturday mornings when I don't have to be anywhere or doing anything. I'm able to watch the Smurfs, my music videos, and the Karate Kid. I have plans to sit on the couch in my pajamas and not do anything until tonight. I will probably take a nap at some time. And study. But so far these plans sound fantastic to me. Tonight Rebecca, Junior, Russell, and myself are going to the Longhorn Saloon in FW. Black Tie Dynasty and Radiant are playing. It will be tough for me I think and will be the latest I've stayed out in a while, but hopefully I can make it. :) In other news, I want a new computer. Unfortunately I think it's going to be a couple of years still until I get a new one. It's not something I need, just something I want. Haha. Give it about 4 years and I will have at least two new computers. Also, I am thinking that I want to go to the New Orleans Jazz Festival April 30-May 3. It'll be the week after my birthday, so I'm thinking it will be a late birthday present to myself. Who wants to go? I'm completely serious about this. It sounds like a blast.

6-23-14

I find it funny that the whole Rihanna/Chris Brown situation has inspired all of this action against domestic violence. Don't get me wrong, it's great, it just makes me laugh. There's an article in the shorthorn today about an organization on campus that is providing domestic violence victims with confidential help and every time I turn around a corner there is someone with a 'Stop the Violence' shirt on. Rebecca and I just got done having a cozy, romantic dinner at Spiral. It was lovely. :) Hopefully (*crosses fingers*)

A whimsical story: Elk tangles with bar stool. And props to Becca Boo this time since apparently I forgot on my last post. Cred to her for buying me the book too.

I still want to go rafting. I'll take this as a sign that I'm feeling much better. :) Still can't pick up heavy things or exercise though.

(Rebecca and I are in the back because we were told it was the safest - also being by the guide seemed like a good idea - ours was the cool raft)

Morton's Fork

So I'm trying to catch up on everything I've missed over the past week by being home and sleeping. It's terrible. I am watching the Academy Awards right now since I missed it last night. I really disagree with the majority of the picks. I like the presenters though which makes it worth it. Today was the first day back at work. It was pretty tough. No lie. Rebecca cooked an excellent dinner tonight though because she's a sweetheart. :) I got my ps3 to connect to the internet finally so I will be using it more. My goal for tomorrow is to make an appointment to speak with my adviser about dropping my statistics class. It's just a bit too much for me to handle this semester. I have to make at least 3 A's. Eek. I wish I had a buddy who worked for NORAD. I made a bad economic choice this weekend and now I have no money. There's a somewhat humorous story that goes along with that if you enjoy stories involving the stupidity of human predictability, but I will decline to share it here. You may ask me if you like but I may refuse to tell you as it is somewhat self-deprecating.

Alas, I feel I am guilty of this. For those who don't know, I bought the book, took the quiz and received a score of 89%. Sad, but at least I'm honest with myself.

I want to go rafting again. Who's in?

Through a faithless eye

I just realized I hadn't updated in a long time and so I think I will. I somehow contracted mono. I have no idea how, but I did. So that has put me living at my parents house for a week. I had my mom pick me up from my apartment Friday night because I was feeling so terrible and she brought me back to the house. Long story short, it was a very dramatic night that involved no sleeping, very little breathing (on my part), and a near emergency room visit. My mom slept in my room with me because she was so scared I was just going to stop breathing. It was far from pleasant. Then Saturday morning dawned and my mom took me to CareNow since they were the only place open at the time. We had to wait a little bit, but they had Cool Runnings on so it was ok. Once they called us in they said they were going to do several tests to try and figure out what I had. Well come to find out, the test for mono is even worse than the test for strep. They actually have to prick your finger and get a blood sample. Now you should know that I am not the bravest of creatures when it comes to this kind of thing, but I was feeling so bad I sucked it up and let them do it. My mom started laughing after though because she said I looked like the most pitiful thing ever. Once the doctor came back and confirmed that I had mono, he said that they could only treat the symptoms and that there really isn't a cure. He said the best thing for my throat (which was as close to being completely closed off as it could be with me still breathing) would be to give me a steroid shot which would reduce the swelling. At this point I started to get a little panicky. I am definitely not a shot person. I tend to either cry or hyperventilate or both on occasion. But when the doctor left my mom reminded me about how bad my throat was and so I resigned myself to a shot. So the nurse came in, administered the shot (I had my mom hold my hand still) and everything was fine, right? Wrong. I had a bad reaction to the shot and ended up throwing up. So my mother runs out into the hall to try to get someone and the doctor comes running in. He said they could give me another shot or pills for the nausea and asked me which one I wanted. I think I was delirious at this point because I don't really remember too much, but I asked for the shot. So I ended up getting another shot. Both of which I had to get near my hips. This made walking and sitting a bit uncomfortable for the next few days. The good news is that I am alive and as well as can be at this point. I just tire out pretty easily. I'm not supposed to do any heavy lifting or exercise really, but that's about it. I took this week off work to give myself some time to recoup and am living at home so I "eat right". All in all it's not too bad I guess. Could be a lot worse. :)

As it should be

Not much has been going on lately. Saturday night I went and hung out with some girls from work. That was pretty fun. It was because Crystal is leaving though which is sad. Today was her last day. I also found out that Michael probably won't be there much longer because he's almost done with school. He should graduate this summer and is planning on working at an architecture firm after that. I'm happy for him, but it's sad to see people leave. It's definitely a time of change. That's for sure. I'm watching Independence Day...again. I love it. So I'm a procrastinator with some things and apparently didn't get my defensive driving stuff submitted in time. So now I have to go to court. It's no big deal. Just a pain. Junior, Russell, and Rebecca are going with me and we're all going to Mellow Mushroom after. Sarah may join us. :) Homework calls.

An aim conversation taking place between Nate and myself a couple of days ago:

(4:36:22 PM) Nate: was playing halo on sat night
(4:36:32 PM) Nate: and some dude came on from over in england
(4:36:40 PM) Nate: he was makin fun of the us and americans
(4:36:56 PM) Nate: so i got on the head set, called him a irish sack and that he was a united fan
(4:37:32 PM) Nate: he was dumbfounded and responded promptly with I'm not a united fan I'm a Wigan fan
(4:37:37 PM) Nate: i laughed and left