Day 53

Today, I would like to request a moment of silence for one of my housemates. Today, I say goodbye to a steadfast companion, always bright and cheery, who never had a bad thing to say about anyone. This housemate always made my day when I was tired, and I repaid its kindness by taking care of it. Alas, it was not enough. So, today, dear readers, we bid a fond and bittersweet farewell to my house plant. Despite my best efforts to place it in the sunlight and water it daily, one by one its leaves began to droop, and its flowers lost their petals. And it is with a heavy heart that I take it to the dumpster.

Rest in Peace, Plant.


ANYWAY.

Went to Beutel today. After waiting for a good half-hour, my Chinese doctor (I have nothing against the Chinese, or anyone else for that matter, but she had a very thick accent and it was hard to understand her) informed me that my foot isn't broken at all, because the area she poked (which caused me great pain), was not over a bone. So I got an x-ray, and there's nothing borked. She told me to medicate myself with Ibuprofen, which I take every day anyway for my rls. (I used to be such a skeptic about restless leg syndrome, but when you're exhausted and lying awake and have to get up and walk around at 2 in the morning to get your leg to stop twitching, you'll believe it, too)

I woke up this morning feeling like crap. So I told the doctor this.
"Is it related to your foot?" She asked.
"No." I said.
"Then you'll need to get a separate appointment."

what?

I'm in a doctor's office! I'm IN a doctor's appointment! There is a doctor sitting next to me! And she won't listen to why I feel like death warmed over?! All right, that does it. If I end up with Swine Flu, I'm going to go to class and cough on as many people as I can. D.I.Y bio-warfare. TAKE THAT.

Speaking of Porky Syndrome, it's spreading pretty quickly around campus. What I heard from my lovely friend J is that if you end up getting diagnosed, you have to physically LEAVE COLLEGE STATION and go back to your hometown for an isolation period. I'm just gonna stay in my apartment.

I've got Japanese today. I also need to go to the store and get milk, orange juice... I think that's it.

UPDATE

I have Swine Flu. Chills, aches, sore throat, fever, fatigue, and for some reason I'm unbearably thirsty. So no class today, no store today, no going anywhere today. And I'm fine with that, because I feel like crap. I'm so tired. I need a nap.