Faucet Nostril

So... I sit here writing this, with a toilet paper plugging up my left nostril. Why, you ask? because that side of my nose has decided it is going to run whenever I move my head. That's right, the evil cold has attacked me. I woke up to find what I thought was just allergies the past few weeks had turned into sinus drainage, glands by ears/jaw hinge sore, and a uuber stuffed up nose. To put the cherry on top, my Bio class started our fetal pig dissection today. The formaldehyde in the pig to preserve it burned the sinuses and throat, causing symptoms to get worse. Hopefully the OTC meds will be in full affect by Wednesday, when we continue. I felt so bad cutting up "Piglet."

My weekend plans may have changed, not only because of this frakking cold, but because my mom, whose birthday is on Friday, might be going out of town to visit my sister H, whose birthday is Thursday. Plus J, my other sister might be going down as well, if her meds have kicked in (gave birth 6ish months ago, unfortunately got post-partum). So besides a couple of friends, the people that would be in town to hang with would be my dad, and the dog, and possibly one of my grandparents-- I'm on her S&%$ list because I've only seen her at family functions and haven't gone to see her. As much as I would like to visit her and Magoo (her pug) I don't wanna deal with the barrage of questions, the woe-is-me stories of how none of us visit her enough, etc. Call me a bad granddaughter, but I have my limits.

If I don't go home, I have to get my community service hours underway for my ROCI class. I was going to start them last weekend, but ended up not. I could make up excuse after excuse, but it came down to nerves and laziness.

Well, I am going to continue for a little bit trying to drink tons of apple juice (1 8 oz of it contains 100% of DV of Vitamin C) and then try to get some sleep after Hawaii Five-O finishes. I can sleep in an extra hour because my 10am class was cancelled in the morning, but I'll probably get up at the usual time to get some work done before a group project meeting.

 Goodnight, and here's to hoping everyone is feeling better than I do :)

AHHH!!!!!

I am going through slight- ok, MAJOR computer withdrawal! You see, the power cord for my laptop decided it was going to crap out completely on me last night. This means, I can't do late-night internet, I only have tv in my dorm room, since they took the dorm computers out last year (each dorm/apartment used to have a communal computer that the whole house could use, but they took them out at the beginning of last year). I'm writing this via the school library, while I wait for group members to show up.

School is getting more chaotic/stressful. The homework is piling on. On top of that, I may have to completely change my topic/thesis statement for my senior seminar paper, which is put me smack at the beginning AGAIN. I have a midterm tomorrow. Luckily, I'm pretty sure that since it's mainly an application and term matching exam, I should be okay.

It needs to be mid to end of Fall already! I'm a redhead pale person, I melt when it is this hot and sunny outside, lol. My Mom's birthday is next Friday, so I will be going home next weekend. This weekend, I will starting my community service for my ROCI4485 (Reflections on Community Involvement) class. I will be volunteering at Sierra's Haven, an animal shelter here in the town I go to school at. It should be cool.

The dating front is still dead, so to speak. As much as I want to date again, I am scared, but I also don't want to get into anything long-distance. It's not fair to either party involved. Unless I meet a guy that goes to school here, it's his last year here, and is from my hometown, then I'll stick to the dating hiatus/moratorium.

Well, I need to get some work done before one of the group members gets here. I'll update again sometime next week. I posted on the side of the blog some of the ones I follow. Most of them have gotten pretty lack in posting. I don't blame them, we all have busy lives, what with school and family. If you know of any other good blogs, leave a comment. It's nice to hear from people.

short update

This past weekend was Maddie's blessing at their church. it wasn't really a baptism or a christening. it was kindof like a confirmation ceremony. She was adorable. the guy that was praying, she kept looking at him, like she was saying "you're a funny-looking old man." it was adorable. H and Liam were able to make it up. He was adorable as well. During the service, it seemed like it was pass the baby game, the babies kept rotating who was holding them.

I'm back at school now. It's as hectic and overwhelming as ever. I have my senior seminar paper introduction due in 90 minutes (not done yet), plus right after that, i have a group project meeting at 5, which i am not even halfway done with my part. the upside is that the rough draft is due tomorrow (not really an upside) so not EVERYTHING has to be in there yet, but i need to have the foundation if not the majority of my part done for that meeting.We got a new house mate downstairs. Haven't met her. Saw her stuff while she was moving in... a LOT of pink. Hoping no drama will ensue because of the addition.

Well, I need to get back to my senior seminar intro paper. Basically, its our topic that we've chose, the thesis statement, reasons why we chose it, definitions. He wants it to be around 2000 words (the final draft of the full paper is to be a minimum of 500 words) but he told a classmate that he'd be okay with 3 1/2 pages. I'm shooting for at least 1000 words. I'm already around 700, so if i surpass 1000, i'll be happy. The closer to 2000, the better. I fully realize though that I probably won't reach 2000, but i'll try my best.

I will try and update sometime this weekend, plus my other blog I want to add a poem I did for a class the other week. There should be a link on my profile or this page. If not, let me know, and I'll remedy that quickly. Laters :)