Guess what...
I got food poisoning!
PS. Definitely consider this post to be TMI: it contains reference to DIARRHEA.
Yesterday I started to feel sick, with all the nice stomach cramps, fever (up to 101.3!), diarrhea, achiness, etc. I couldn't figure out why, no one I'd seen over break was sick. Who could I have gotten this from?! But once I woke up with a temp of a mere 100, and it was gone by midday, I started to think maybe it wasn't a normal sickness.
I had the proper order of symptoms (diarrhea couple hours after eating, fever couple hours after that), length of symptoms (resolved in 24-48 hrs) and the proper cause of the symptoms. I ate potatoes au gratin mere hours before getting sick. Potatoes au gratin that sat in the car for the whole ride up to bellingham. Potatoes au gratin, made with milk and cheese. Yes, seems logical to me, non?
I'm still not 100 percent - nasty headache. Plus I didn't make this realization until I was about 4 bites into the potatoes au gratin again tonight (which surprisingly didn't taste too off, BUT doubt that I'll want them again soon...). That means I got a mild repeat of the symptoms. On the proper timeline I got diarrhea again, so heres to hoping that I dont get a fever again tonight!!
But at least its not a virus so I'm not contagious. Plus, now I can say that I've had food poisoning!!
And don't let my positive attitude fool you, last night was awful. I want legit status as having had food poisoning, no one out there thinking I had a baby version!
Now I should prolly go to bed, seeing as I have an 8 am class tomorrow! :/
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Living Arrangements Next Year
I've been so torn about what to do apartment wise next year. Rachael and I have already decided that we want to live together, so that part was easy. The hard part: where to live!
I love my apartment, but its not in downtown (and therefore farther from night life), the parking isn't the best, the price isn't the cheapest and the size not the largest.
However, the size is "cozy" as Rachael put it. The price is the new average, I'm sure, seeing as prices everywhere are rising! The parking isn't the best, but at least there is a guaranteed spot, until many apartments in downtown! And even though its not in downtown, there are always friends houses to crash at, DDs and shuttles, long walks if need be. We would get by. Plus, downtown is more sketchy, and driving sucks anyway.
Another plus: NO MOVING! I get to keep all my heavy furniture right where it is! And no strangers will be looking at our apartment on tours, which just feels like an invasion of privacy.
So its official, Rachael and I decided to stay in this apartment next year. Tomorrow Rachael, Sandy and I are going to go sign all the necessary forms. (They're due Friday...hence the decision finally being made!)
One worry checked off the list! Next: major application, register for fall, get the nanny job verified....Oy vey!
I love my apartment, but its not in downtown (and therefore farther from night life), the parking isn't the best, the price isn't the cheapest and the size not the largest.
However, the size is "cozy" as Rachael put it. The price is the new average, I'm sure, seeing as prices everywhere are rising! The parking isn't the best, but at least there is a guaranteed spot, until many apartments in downtown! And even though its not in downtown, there are always friends houses to crash at, DDs and shuttles, long walks if need be. We would get by. Plus, downtown is more sketchy, and driving sucks anyway.
Another plus: NO MOVING! I get to keep all my heavy furniture right where it is! And no strangers will be looking at our apartment on tours, which just feels like an invasion of privacy.
So its official, Rachael and I decided to stay in this apartment next year. Tomorrow Rachael, Sandy and I are going to go sign all the necessary forms. (They're due Friday...hence the decision finally being made!)
One worry checked off the list! Next: major application, register for fall, get the nanny job verified....Oy vey!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Travel
I am going to Volunteer in Africa for 4 weeks in an orphanage.
I am still making the plans, but it will be Laura and I going together in either 2011 or 2012.
Oh, we are also going to visit Anna in China, but that will be a separate trip.
Haha I know this sounds random, especially without specifics. But I thought I'd keep you, the internet, updated. :) Here is my "plan":
Finish Western. Live in Bellingham, Work, make some money. Volunteer in Africa. Live in Edmonds, work 2 jobs, make money. Visit Anna. Continue to work in Edmonds working 2 jobs. Travel. Work. Travel. Work. Get Early Education Degree. Possibly get TESL. Work. Travel. Get a job that maybe doesn't like it when you leave for months at a time. Become an adult. Become boring.
I am still making the plans, but it will be Laura and I going together in either 2011 or 2012.
Oh, we are also going to visit Anna in China, but that will be a separate trip.
Haha I know this sounds random, especially without specifics. But I thought I'd keep you, the internet, updated. :) Here is my "plan":
Finish Western. Live in Bellingham, Work, make some money. Volunteer in Africa. Live in Edmonds, work 2 jobs, make money. Visit Anna. Continue to work in Edmonds working 2 jobs. Travel. Work. Travel. Work. Get Early Education Degree. Possibly get TESL. Work. Travel. Get a job that maybe doesn't like it when you leave for months at a time. Become an adult. Become boring.
French Lesson, again
We didn't have a French lesson last week, so this time I had to deal with the fact that we had a 2 week break. We didn't do any new material, we just went over what we already had. Surprisingly, the lesson was really long! We played a memory game (where French and English words are matches), went over the review sheet, and I read him a French comic book (where I read it in French, then English).
Today my boss told me he felt really sick once he got home, and admitted that he had felt kinda sick all week. He is "VIP" this week at school though, which gives him extra privileges, so he is toughing it out. It explains why he was so calm and patient through our lesson!
I asked him to list all of the animal squishies he owns (he has a collection) so that I can learn all their names and teach him some animals. I figure we can use those to practice subjects, "avoir" (to have), and the determiners (feminine/masculine). We would do all these random animals in addition to the common household pets/farm animals. We might not learn them all in one lesson, but having his toys meaning there could be some fun games involving naming what animals are in different groups or places. Anyway, I just thought I would share this list:
paferfish (puffer-fish)
lopstr (lobster)
perit (parrot)
lain (lion)
pand (?)
scworl (squirrel)
tortol (turtle)
pacwin (penguin)
clonfish (clown-fish)
bear (I helped him)
panda
otopus (octopus)
wale (whale)
sehors (seahorse)
pig
frog (I helped him)
dofien (dolphin)
hepo (hippo)
kowala (koala - I tried to help him but he didn't believe me... I didn't really push it!)
cow
elalfit (elephant)
knarw (?)
monke (monkey)
That's a lot that I have to learn!! When I'm in Edmonds for Spring break I'm going to use the printer and resources there to finally make handouts and exercises and games and all that.
Today my boss told me he felt really sick once he got home, and admitted that he had felt kinda sick all week. He is "VIP" this week at school though, which gives him extra privileges, so he is toughing it out. It explains why he was so calm and patient through our lesson!
I asked him to list all of the animal squishies he owns (he has a collection) so that I can learn all their names and teach him some animals. I figure we can use those to practice subjects, "avoir" (to have), and the determiners (feminine/masculine). We would do all these random animals in addition to the common household pets/farm animals. We might not learn them all in one lesson, but having his toys meaning there could be some fun games involving naming what animals are in different groups or places. Anyway, I just thought I would share this list:
paferfish (puffer-fish)
lopstr (lobster)
perit (parrot)
lain (lion)
pand (?)
scworl (squirrel)
tortol (turtle)
pacwin (penguin)
clonfish (clown-fish)
bear (I helped him)
panda
otopus (octopus)
wale (whale)
sehors (seahorse)
pig
frog (I helped him)
dofien (dolphin)
hepo (hippo)
kowala (koala - I tried to help him but he didn't believe me... I didn't really push it!)
cow
elalfit (elephant)
knarw (?)
monke (monkey)
That's a lot that I have to learn!! When I'm in Edmonds for Spring break I'm going to use the printer and resources there to finally make handouts and exercises and games and all that.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
I'm sick...
Friday night I developed a sore throat and it has morphed into a full blown sore-throat/aching body/shivering/headache/cough/congestion/out-of-it cold that has lasted me the whole weekend. I've been taking day/nyquil, which has been helping, but I still have trouble sleeping and instances like right now, where I've had it in my system for an hour, I still have a headache, general nasal/head pressure, achyness, acidicness to my throat, stuffy/running nose (but less annoying).
There are benefits to this sickness: I have decided to take tomorrow off and rest and sleep more (and not infect others, which is how I got this sickness - people blowing their nose, talking in close quarters in class, all while very sick...). Well that's the main benefit, but I like it! It helps that one of my three classes is canceled. I think its very unlikely and very unhealthy to try and go to my 8 am class, anyway. Especially since I don't feel any better (maybe worse) from yesterday, and this morning around 8 am (which was the middle of the night based on my sleeping schedule) I was completely out of it... I was on nyquil (which is probably the reason for all of this), but I do remember stumbling to the bathroom, being very unsteady, though never actually falling. I remember feeling like I was in a really thick cloud, I could barely see, and though I remember walking part of the way, there was also a suddenly-you're-there, phenomena, where I was moving on auto-pilot. Probably not the best state to go to class in....
Sadly, I've been having some issues taking the pills (seeing as they're big), and it has taken multiple tries to get myself to not stop myself from swallowing them.
Anyhoo, thats basically the update of my weekend. Though its not horrible, it is the worst cold I've had in a while.
Now I have a question, if my temperature reads 98.7, but it normally reads late 96s-97.5ish, does that count as a "mild fever", like 1 degree up? Or does my "normal" not really matter? I only ask that because I have the achyness, skin sensitivity, coldness of a mild temp, but my (extremely near death) thermometer always reads feverless when it doesn't die!
PS. I just got a call from Pops and he said I'm summoned for jury duty in the middle of April, so I have to call them tomorrow and cancel/reschedule!
There are benefits to this sickness: I have decided to take tomorrow off and rest and sleep more (and not infect others, which is how I got this sickness - people blowing their nose, talking in close quarters in class, all while very sick...). Well that's the main benefit, but I like it! It helps that one of my three classes is canceled. I think its very unlikely and very unhealthy to try and go to my 8 am class, anyway. Especially since I don't feel any better (maybe worse) from yesterday, and this morning around 8 am (which was the middle of the night based on my sleeping schedule) I was completely out of it... I was on nyquil (which is probably the reason for all of this), but I do remember stumbling to the bathroom, being very unsteady, though never actually falling. I remember feeling like I was in a really thick cloud, I could barely see, and though I remember walking part of the way, there was also a suddenly-you're-there, phenomena, where I was moving on auto-pilot. Probably not the best state to go to class in....
Sadly, I've been having some issues taking the pills (seeing as they're big), and it has taken multiple tries to get myself to not stop myself from swallowing them.
Anyhoo, thats basically the update of my weekend. Though its not horrible, it is the worst cold I've had in a while.
Now I have a question, if my temperature reads 98.7, but it normally reads late 96s-97.5ish, does that count as a "mild fever", like 1 degree up? Or does my "normal" not really matter? I only ask that because I have the achyness, skin sensitivity, coldness of a mild temp, but my (extremely near death) thermometer always reads feverless when it doesn't die!
PS. I just got a call from Pops and he said I'm summoned for jury duty in the middle of April, so I have to call them tomorrow and cancel/reschedule!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Happy March!
March came quickly, didn't it?
Ok, so my presentation went really well! I got an A, which is obviously very exciting. I was nervous, but you kind of get into a bubble when you present so it was over quick enough.
The weekend went quickly, but it was definitely a good weekend. It was soooo hard to believe Friday night that I had ACTUALLY finished my presentation, and it was finally the weekend! I mean, my facebook status was about wanting a "skip ahead one day in time" machine... And suddenly I did! Magical! I watched lots of movies, including Young Victoria which I definitely recommend.
One thing that is really nice about tutoring on Wednesdays is it breaks up the week perfectly. After the tutoring, the weekend is near approaching, and once the weekend is over, pouf! magically I'm already counting down to tutoring.
Ok, well I think that's really the only updates. Oh, but on a random note: I was writing a captcha, and the two words it asked me to type were "Dickier" "Reaction". Mehehee.
Oh, and I register tomorrow! Eek, I should probably figure out what I'm going to take!! (8 am class....???)
Ok, so my presentation went really well! I got an A, which is obviously very exciting. I was nervous, but you kind of get into a bubble when you present so it was over quick enough.
The weekend went quickly, but it was definitely a good weekend. It was soooo hard to believe Friday night that I had ACTUALLY finished my presentation, and it was finally the weekend! I mean, my facebook status was about wanting a "skip ahead one day in time" machine... And suddenly I did! Magical! I watched lots of movies, including Young Victoria which I definitely recommend.
One thing that is really nice about tutoring on Wednesdays is it breaks up the week perfectly. After the tutoring, the weekend is near approaching, and once the weekend is over, pouf! magically I'm already counting down to tutoring.
Ok, well I think that's really the only updates. Oh, but on a random note: I was writing a captcha, and the two words it asked me to type were "Dickier" "Reaction". Mehehee.
Oh, and I register tomorrow! Eek, I should probably figure out what I'm going to take!! (8 am class....???)
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