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Hey everyone--It's me again. I'm updating the LJ again, even though its officially next month to let y'all know how I'm doing. In case I haven't talked to anyone in the past week, Health Services originially interpreted my malady to be a "fever of unknown origin." While this was, in my opinion, a funny diagnosis, I began to feel more and more tired and was noticing my glands continual swelling. Sure enough, two days later, I was told I had mono. As notes to those of you who have not had it, I will try to accumulate my experiences below in a series of mono theorems:
1) Do not get mono during the school year. You lose the ability to stay awake for any predetermined period of time, as well as the ability to focus. While I've honed my Slime Volleyball skills, I have yet to get any work done. As a corollary,
1a.) Do not get mono during finals period. I have to reschedule exams and deadlines, meaning that, while I want to finish my work now and enjoy commencement with band, I will instead be writing two-12 page papers and studying for two exams. GRRRRRRR! (Please click on this one. As a note of kindness, turn down your volume a little. Just trust me)
2.) Have a summer job planned before you get mono. I just got called back by a summer camp which I applied to be a counselor at (Camp Ramah of New England--Jewish overnight camp in MA that I went to for a few years) and they want to interview me. This week. Meaning that, on Tuesday, I will drop what I'm doing (i.e. sleeping and slime volleyball), struggle to the bus station, buy a ticket and travel to Boston, walk to the interview, and promptly pass out upon entering. Hooray for good first impressions. Maybe I can channel pure sugar for about 40 minutes, get the job, and sleep on the bus back to Providence (and the rest of the day)...oh wait, I still have class when I get back!
3.) Do not attempt strenuous physical activity--make others do it for you. While sick, I have not done too many stupid things; however, I have done enough to realize that there are things I should swallow my pride and ask others to do for me. Thats why Jane ended up doing my laundry at 2 in the morning, and only one of the reasons why I owe her a huge date of a dinner when I get better (including, of course, that I want to have a huge date of a dinner with her).
4.) Sleep. Despite my best wishes, I am not as strong/awake as I normally am. Instead, I lie in bed, read and sleep. After a point, it is not fun. It feels like the extra week of vacation for which no one's around and during which you're all alone, not to mention the fact that you can't move and your neck feels like a grapefruit got caught in it.
I think that's all of the mono theorems for now. I'll postulate more as the days go on. In addition, I'll update the status of the job hunt: it's been a long and arduous one, from being self-employed (see the attached website, to getting an undergraduate research job at Brown, to being a summer counselor at Brown, then Northwestern, then anywhere, and now Ramah. I suppose this may have been what I've wanted all along--to reconnect with some religiosity that I've lost over the years while staying outside and getting to boss around little kids. On that note, I'm going back to reading (finished Profiles of Courage, by JFK and I'm about to try Ulysses; I don't do light reading very well)--see y'all soon and leave some comments!
1) Do not get mono during the school year. You lose the ability to stay awake for any predetermined period of time, as well as the ability to focus. While I've honed my Slime Volleyball skills, I have yet to get any work done. As a corollary,
1a.) Do not get mono during finals period. I have to reschedule exams and deadlines, meaning that, while I want to finish my work now and enjoy commencement with band, I will instead be writing two-12 page papers and studying for two exams. GRRRRRRR! (Please click on this one. As a note of kindness, turn down your volume a little. Just trust me)
2.) Have a summer job planned before you get mono. I just got called back by a summer camp which I applied to be a counselor at (Camp Ramah of New England--Jewish overnight camp in MA that I went to for a few years) and they want to interview me. This week. Meaning that, on Tuesday, I will drop what I'm doing (i.e. sleeping and slime volleyball), struggle to the bus station, buy a ticket and travel to Boston, walk to the interview, and promptly pass out upon entering. Hooray for good first impressions. Maybe I can channel pure sugar for about 40 minutes, get the job, and sleep on the bus back to Providence (and the rest of the day)...oh wait, I still have class when I get back!
3.) Do not attempt strenuous physical activity--make others do it for you. While sick, I have not done too many stupid things; however, I have done enough to realize that there are things I should swallow my pride and ask others to do for me. Thats why Jane ended up doing my laundry at 2 in the morning, and only one of the reasons why I owe her a huge date of a dinner when I get better (including, of course, that I want to have a huge date of a dinner with her).
4.) Sleep. Despite my best wishes, I am not as strong/awake as I normally am. Instead, I lie in bed, read and sleep. After a point, it is not fun. It feels like the extra week of vacation for which no one's around and during which you're all alone, not to mention the fact that you can't move and your neck feels like a grapefruit got caught in it.
I think that's all of the mono theorems for now. I'll postulate more as the days go on. In addition, I'll update the status of the job hunt: it's been a long and arduous one, from being self-employed (see the attached website, to getting an undergraduate research job at Brown, to being a summer counselor at Brown, then Northwestern, then anywhere, and now Ramah. I suppose this may have been what I've wanted all along--to reconnect with some religiosity that I've lost over the years while staying outside and getting to boss around little kids. On that note, I'm going back to reading (finished Profiles of Courage, by JFK and I'm about to try Ulysses; I don't do light reading very well)--see y'all soon and leave some comments!