A start!

I decided that one of the things which will make me happy is to get back into writing. I've always loved it and I haven't done any of it in a couple years. I figured I'd start easy. No, not really, my first idea came into my head back when our cat got out this last Friday. It's going to be called Reuben. A story about a soul searching man who finds a cat and starts living his life finally, but then once the cat runs away he realizes that he really started living when he started trying to live. Kind of a cheesy story, I will admit, but I think it will be fun, and more importantly, it will give me something to do for the last few days of my sickness.

It all started about three weeks ago when I got a headache on Monday. Come Tuesday, my headache has turned into extreme fatigue and nausea. I call our Student Health Services only to hear on the phone from a nurse that it sounds like I have H1N1. Or at least symptoms of the swine flu. I hung up, said thank you, and wasn't convinced at all. That brings us to this last week on Thursday when I went into the hospital with the same symptoms that I had on the Thursday before that. I get there, go through the entire process, and find out that the woman who's talking to me, hasn't got a clue what I have either, though it is clear that I'm sick. And this week, that fatigue and nausea have been joined by sore throat. It's been an awesome three weeks of being sick.

I've missed 2 tests in Chinese, 1 in Discrete Structures, 1 in Object-Oriented Programming, and I have a pile of homework for each of my classes to turn in as well as forms saying that I had flu like symptoms and then photocopies of the policy and business card I was given to prove that I actually went to the doctor. Combine all of that with the fact that this weekend is Halloween, I do believe we have a regular stress pile.

Normally I wouldn't go out for Halloween, but since this next year is going to be about making me happy, here's my new plan for Saturday night. Instead of going to any parties or anything like that on Halloween, I'm going to go for a long walk next to the cemetery near my house.

While I wait in the meantime, it's going to be cleaning and assembling of homework for me.