Woo hoo! I feel like crap!!!

2003-02-06 - 4:04 p.m.

I started writing an entry about 45 minutes ago about how I felt like crap. But I closed the window, and went to the doctor instead.

Here's the problem: I'm freezing, yet so flushed that even my ears are glowing fluorescent pink. I'm also exhausted, but it's because I can't tell you the last time I got a full night's rest. Sure, I slept for many hours on Sunday night, but it was all interrupted. There was a point where I was sleeping okay. I want to get back there. Anyway, there isn't much wrong with me. My body temperature is normal, and my blood pressure and pulse rates are low (athletic region, as usual, which is so funny to me because, well, you've all seen me and I ain't no athlete). There's some swelling in my tonsils - could be the early stages of meningitis, or the common cold (I'm going with the latter). My ears are also a bit clogged, and I was reprimanded for cleaning my ears with dry cotton swabs. They gave me some sudafed, chlortrimaton and nasal spray. I have no intention of squirting anything up my nose, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to have in case I really get clogged up. I'm supposed to take the others like 3 times a day with meals and tylenol, which I don't intend to do. One is an upper, the other causes drowsiness. See, drugs effect me REALLY strongly. Everything has a severe impact on me. I eat 3 Hershey's miniatures before bedtime and I'm up until 3 a.m.! So if I take anything drowsy (even with an upper), I think it will keep me a bit dazy and taking the combo later in the day will probably keep me awake. I'll be in a constate state of woken daze. Not good.

Anyway, I just love Joecook's new diary. I wonder how far into the present he intends to go, or if it will just be freshman year. I'm debating sending him a list of taboo topics - that boy knows TOO much about me ;-). It'll be neat to hear his perspective on the Joe wars - when he and Joe Miceli used to compete for everything. I know that Amanda and I have our takes on everything. In fact, there's a lot I look forward to reading from the Joecook perspective.

Anyway, I actually do feel a bit better since walking over to the doctor, not that I took any of the drugs yet. I'm sort of bummed that I forgot my gym clothes at home, so I can't go to kickboxing. I'd try to borrow something, but I don't have sneakers :-(. I had to dress stupid nice for this meeting I had this morning. It's a shame, too, because today is definitely an athletic pants/sneakers sort of day. Eh, it's probably just as well, I could probably use the rest. Besides, I need to catch up on some reading, and since my energy seems to be getting back to normal, this evening might be a good time for that.

I do have a real topic I want to touch on at some point. Mike and I talked about it a bit last night, and are both a bit confused by the whole experience. The topic is attraction and how it works. I know there are lots of theories, some that even sound scientific and seem to be based in evolution. So I want to hear everybody's thoughts on the topic. And maybe tomorrow I'll give you mine ;-).