I declare a Wild Rumpus!
Where the Wild Things Are - cute movie but i think I was too tired to appreciate the finer points of it.
What a week.
I spent most of last week frantically trying to write my huge research paper for medieval art history. What a nighmare! I wish I had another week just to properly write the thing. And do more research, even tho Ive been working on it for over two months now. But its turned in now. no use fretting until I get it back.
If one essay wasn't enough, I had another one due the following monday (today) but I was so burned out from the last one I couldn't even bring myself to start it until sunday. So during the track meet sunday, I read the book the essay was on - 200 pages in 6 hours is pretty good. then when I got home I sat down at my computer to write the dang thing. I was up til 3 am. But I got it done and for a late night paper, it wasnt bad at all.
Now for the worst part of the week (as if those essays werent bad enough)
It started thrusday. I got a sharp pain in my shoulder so bad that I almost dropped the coffee pot I was holding all over myself. For most of that day, if I moved the wrong way there would be a pain racing down my shoulder and arm. My right shoulder. Friday there was maybe some soreness, nothing unual. Then Sunday, at the track meet I go to take my warm up throws in hammer and oh god my shoulder hurt. Still I take my first comp throw and there is a blinding pain in that same shoulder, so much so that I couldnt concentrate and stepped out of the ring after releasing a shitty throw. Then my second throw. Same thing. blinding pain, and out of sector throw. My coach calls me over and I burst into tears - ugh - over my annoyance, dissapointment, and pain. He tells me to stop. I say no. I have one more throw, and I am going to take it. So I do. Blinding pain and this time I face drive out of the back of the circle. Coach tells me straight up not to throw discus. Fine by me. The stupid thing is, after some inital soreness, it hardly hurts at all. Am I immune to pain? or is my shoulder just being tempermental. Ugh I HATE being injured.
This morning I went to the trainers to get the shoulder checked out. The very cute intern helped me. He came to the conculsion that it was a pinched nerve and hooked my up to a machine to give me stims. I dont know if it was all the poking and rotating during the tests or if the stims did something, but my shoulder was sore for the rest of the day.
I flat out refused to skip tennis tonight. I just refused to tell anyone about my shoulder, just mentioned it was sore. I ended up playing against Chris tonight which was an amusing change. It was a very close game. Unfortunatly every net play I made hurt my shoulder. stupid. My serves were amazing. I served one game of four aces. And my shoulder didnt hurt at all while serving. But now I am paying for it. it is sore and it is all my fault. I promise to be good for the rest of the week and not lift my arm above 90 degrees. Chris was hilarious today and pretty much forced me into her car to drive me home - a 7 minute walk. the entire drive she chastised me for playing with a bad shoulder. haha she was being such a mother. The woman who runs the tennis program restrung my rackquet since I broke a string last week. I hate teh new strings. Strung way to loose. I know tighter strings give more power (Which I dont need) and looser give more control but I hate the vibrations I get everytime I hit the ball, very distracting. grrrr. I''ll get it restrung at the proshop back home this summer.
Went to the movies last friday and saw Arthur. Hilarious. I loved it. Helen Mirren is amazing as always and Russel Brand was very amusing. I would go see it again.
I met by British friend coming out of one of her classes today steaming mad. She had asked her professor to excuse her from class so she could watch the royal wedding next week. hahaha I can't believe she thought he would go for that. We still have plans to play the royal wedding drinking game at 5:30 in the morning then go to classes drunk. I have two essays and an presentation that day. I cant wait.
What a week.
I spent most of last week frantically trying to write my huge research paper for medieval art history. What a nighmare! I wish I had another week just to properly write the thing. And do more research, even tho Ive been working on it for over two months now. But its turned in now. no use fretting until I get it back.
If one essay wasn't enough, I had another one due the following monday (today) but I was so burned out from the last one I couldn't even bring myself to start it until sunday. So during the track meet sunday, I read the book the essay was on - 200 pages in 6 hours is pretty good. then when I got home I sat down at my computer to write the dang thing. I was up til 3 am. But I got it done and for a late night paper, it wasnt bad at all.
Now for the worst part of the week (as if those essays werent bad enough)
It started thrusday. I got a sharp pain in my shoulder so bad that I almost dropped the coffee pot I was holding all over myself. For most of that day, if I moved the wrong way there would be a pain racing down my shoulder and arm. My right shoulder. Friday there was maybe some soreness, nothing unual. Then Sunday, at the track meet I go to take my warm up throws in hammer and oh god my shoulder hurt. Still I take my first comp throw and there is a blinding pain in that same shoulder, so much so that I couldnt concentrate and stepped out of the ring after releasing a shitty throw. Then my second throw. Same thing. blinding pain, and out of sector throw. My coach calls me over and I burst into tears - ugh - over my annoyance, dissapointment, and pain. He tells me to stop. I say no. I have one more throw, and I am going to take it. So I do. Blinding pain and this time I face drive out of the back of the circle. Coach tells me straight up not to throw discus. Fine by me. The stupid thing is, after some inital soreness, it hardly hurts at all. Am I immune to pain? or is my shoulder just being tempermental. Ugh I HATE being injured.
This morning I went to the trainers to get the shoulder checked out. The very cute intern helped me. He came to the conculsion that it was a pinched nerve and hooked my up to a machine to give me stims. I dont know if it was all the poking and rotating during the tests or if the stims did something, but my shoulder was sore for the rest of the day.
I flat out refused to skip tennis tonight. I just refused to tell anyone about my shoulder, just mentioned it was sore. I ended up playing against Chris tonight which was an amusing change. It was a very close game. Unfortunatly every net play I made hurt my shoulder. stupid. My serves were amazing. I served one game of four aces. And my shoulder didnt hurt at all while serving. But now I am paying for it. it is sore and it is all my fault. I promise to be good for the rest of the week and not lift my arm above 90 degrees. Chris was hilarious today and pretty much forced me into her car to drive me home - a 7 minute walk. the entire drive she chastised me for playing with a bad shoulder. haha she was being such a mother. The woman who runs the tennis program restrung my rackquet since I broke a string last week. I hate teh new strings. Strung way to loose. I know tighter strings give more power (Which I dont need) and looser give more control but I hate the vibrations I get everytime I hit the ball, very distracting. grrrr. I''ll get it restrung at the proshop back home this summer.
Went to the movies last friday and saw Arthur. Hilarious. I loved it. Helen Mirren is amazing as always and Russel Brand was very amusing. I would go see it again.
I met by British friend coming out of one of her classes today steaming mad. She had asked her professor to excuse her from class so she could watch the royal wedding next week. hahaha I can't believe she thought he would go for that. We still have plans to play the royal wedding drinking game at 5:30 in the morning then go to classes drunk. I have two essays and an presentation that day. I cant wait.