~*Projectile Vomiting...a weapon of mass destruction or just a nuisance?*~

Okay, I can finally say that I've had that horrible virus that so many people (at least in the USA) have had, and I don't want it ever again. I think I'm going to start wearing those little plastic gloves everywhere and a mask on my face.

This virus is so powerful, and works so fast, that I think we should even consider it as a weapon of mass destruction. We could bottle it and threaten to use it on the rest of the world.

Nah, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I don't think.

This virus made it onto my list of top 3.

~*The Top 3 Times In My Life When I Was In So Much Pain That I Prayed For Death*~

1. Food poisoning from a McDonald's cheeseburger...I was a vegetarian for quite a few years after this one.

2. This virus I'm just now getting over. Icky fact that you may not want to know...I can now cross off 'experiencing projectile vomiting' on my 'Things I Don't Ever Want To Do' list.

3. The time my dentist filled a tooth, but didn't realize that I still had an infection...I seriously thought my brain was going to explode. Being a non-mother, I still say I would rather have experienced the pain of childbirth six times, than to go through this again.

And to add insult to injury...a.k.a.: Hmm...I think I must have really pissed someone off...I was really hungry last night and decided to eat a itty-bitty tootsie roll. The sweetness really tasted good, and I was enjoying it until I thought I had a BB in my mouth. Upon further investigation, it was a hard piece of metal, and I thought it came from the tootsie roll but noooooo...it came from my tooth. I lost part of a filling from eating a freakin' tootsie roll! All I can say is, I'm so glad that I'm not hurting, because I'm not going to the dentist right now. I can't work them in. I'm too busy. Maybe I'll call later this week.

Well, even though I was sick yesterday, I still had to have a conference call with my academic counselor and my enrollment counselor. I made it plain to them that I was very sick and our conversation only lasted about 20 minutes.

They are still pep talking me to death. I'm glad that I'm going to school, but I didn't know that I was going to have to speak to them on a regular basis. I have to call my academic counselor every week on Fridays at 9 a.m. And she has instructed me that if I have problems or if I'm just feeling a little down, I have to call her right away. I thought going to an online college was going to let me have a certain anonymity, but nooooo...they want to know all about me. I like both of them, but I don't even talk to my closest friends once a week.

I have to talk to my enrollment counselor once a week also. I've been talking to her for over a month now, and I really like her. She reminds me of that character Mike Myers used to play on Saturday Night Live...Linda Richman(I think) on 'Coffee Talk'. She sounds just like her, and what is so funny is the Linda character used to talk so much about Barbara Steisand and my counselor's name is Barbara.

I start classes on Monday and Barbara has promised to walk me through and show me what to do. Hmm...I wonder if I can get her to do my homework?

I have two classes each for a period of nine weeks and then I get a week off before my next two classes start. My academic counselor told me that the first nine weeks are the hardest and it's not the material that's hard, it's just that I have to get back into the groove of studying again. Again? He-he...I guess she doesn't know everything about me :P

Oh, I almost forgot...I went to the doctor on Thursday (where I probably picked up the virus!) and they were not very nice to me. I got an MMR shot, which burned, and they took blood from me. It seems as if I'm sugar intolerant. All that means is that my blood sugar level is slightly elevated about 8 to 10 points. I believe the normal range is between 90 mg/dL to 120 mg/dL. Mine has been running 120 to 128 during the last two times they took blood and those were times when I had been fasting for at least 10 hours. They decided to send me home with a nifty blood glucose meter. Yah! *Sarcasm* Now I get to stick a needle into my fingers over the next 30 days. *Woo-hoo!* I started yesterday and it's not the most excruciating pain in the world, but it's not the most fun either.

It seems as if my cholesterol level is a bit high, too. I'm 13 points over what they consider healthy. I've been put on the USDA's Food Pyramid diet. It's not a big deal, I just have to start eating right. There's plenty to eat, I just have to eat a lot more vegetables and fruits and give up a lot of the salt and sugar. Eh, it's okay, I've been needing to do this for a long time. At least it's not a fad diet, it's just a healthy, normal way of eating. Which means I can't have Doritos for breakfast anymore :P

Well, I think that's enough boring talk for now. I'm going to get Scott to run out for some ice cream and wait for MAD TV to come on :) *YaY* ~lata~lisa~

eatinG: nothing, but I think I'll be eating some ice cream pretty soon *yum*
hearinG: In my head..."Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley. Thanks Doug E. Doug and Ziggy Marley from "Shark Tale"
readinG: textbooks, emails, newsgroups, research papers...hehe...getting an early start :)
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