Attempt at real blog entry:
(Yet still random)
I’ve made a discovery recently, at least about my self. I feel like the less time I spend on my computer the better my day goes and that I’m happier. It helps that the weather has been a lot nicer this past week. But the thing is I feel like this is a big change for me, well maybe not that big. Still, I’ve been glued to a computer screen for years now. Somewhere in middle school it started. The birth of AIM. A decent computer (for the time) plus AIM plus video games equals most of my attention span. Granted back then most of us didn’t have cell phones, so sitting at home on our computers made for a fairly easy way to get in contact with our friends. Now I find my self walking away from my computer more often, so I apologize if it seems like I maybe ignoring you online. Its not you, its just that I’m ignoring my computer.
I want to get out more, I like shaking things up and doing stuff that I normally don’t. Which right now could mean just about anything since I do a whole lot of nothing. Part of that is because I’ve been battling a really bad virus, which I will refer to as SARS. Its not, don’t worry. Trying to bounce back from that has been a struggle, here’s the story:
Friday, Easter weekend, Alex (the lil bro) came over for the night to chill. Saturday I woke up at 8 feeling miserable, upset stomach, sore throat, chest cold and congestion, and the worst headache of my life that persisted until 4pm. Skipped brunch with everyone and stayed in bed till 12:40. Had to work at 1, so got up and walked to work. Honestly felt like I was going to pass out, so I sat in the office of the gym with my eyes closed for 3 hours. Came back and felt a little better so went out to a movie, came home and went to bed. Sunday did the easter thing with the family, and progressively felt worse through the day. Sunday night I woke up at 3 in the morning and had to go to the bathroom. So I went, and the next thing I know I’m on the ground. I couldn’t have been out for long because even at 3am someone would have found me. I try to get up and fall on my back again. Finally when I can stand up I am so light headed, I can’t see. Everything is just black. I felt nauseous and I can’t really explain it. Got back to the room and sat down to collect my self. Andrew rolls over and asks “Dude are you ok?” To which I respond bluntly “No.” Of course Andrew rolls back over and falls asleep. Longer story short, went to the Doc Tuesday, he said it was a bad virus and I should just get better over time. Lame. So since then I’ve been waiting for the congestion and coughing to clear up. Today I finish the amoxicillin that didn’t do anything, and almost feel back to normal.
Which brings me back to my original point, shaking things up. I really don’t remember the last time I really went out over the weekend. I’m not big on drinking to begin with, but being sick I didn’t want to drink anything other than water. Friday night I ended up going to a party with Ben. At the party there were a bunch of guys from the dorm I lived in last year and it was a pretty good time. Bottom line for that night, I love being sober. Making fun of drunks doesn’t really get old. Waiting for a white loop to get back to my side of campus I saw a girl sitting on the wall who looked like she had been crying. When the bus came shortly after, she was right in front of me. I said to her “Cheer up, the bus could have taken longer.” She just smiled and seemed amused. But her friend in front of her, turned around and gave me the most evil death stare I’ve seen in a while. She said “Hey! Back off, she has a boyfriend who’s right there.” I laughed and said good for her. Talked to the boyfriend and said to take care of the girl. To which he replied “Dude I’m so drunk I don’t even know what is going on.” I just laughed. Drunks are hilarious. Saturday night I ended up going out as well. It was the first time I hung out with Don in quite some time. We wandered around town and ended up at Conyers and chilled for a bit.
Saturday I also learned some interesting news from Don. ITS was hiring for the summer. ITS runs the computer labs on campus, not to be confused with IST. Don said to turn in applications Monday. Turned mine in between classes while Andrew was still asleep and grabbed an application for Andrew too. So we both applied and I really hope I hear back from them. I’m not sure if I posted in an earlier entry about them or not, but I applied earlier in the semester and was rejected. I’m a bit on edge this time around and in desperate need of a job. Next march I’m (hopefully) heading to Japan. This summer I need to rake in some serious cash to get ready. Wish me luck.
I’ve made a discovery recently, at least about my self. I feel like the less time I spend on my computer the better my day goes and that I’m happier. It helps that the weather has been a lot nicer this past week. But the thing is I feel like this is a big change for me, well maybe not that big. Still, I’ve been glued to a computer screen for years now. Somewhere in middle school it started. The birth of AIM. A decent computer (for the time) plus AIM plus video games equals most of my attention span. Granted back then most of us didn’t have cell phones, so sitting at home on our computers made for a fairly easy way to get in contact with our friends. Now I find my self walking away from my computer more often, so I apologize if it seems like I maybe ignoring you online. Its not you, its just that I’m ignoring my computer.
I want to get out more, I like shaking things up and doing stuff that I normally don’t. Which right now could mean just about anything since I do a whole lot of nothing. Part of that is because I’ve been battling a really bad virus, which I will refer to as SARS. Its not, don’t worry. Trying to bounce back from that has been a struggle, here’s the story:
Friday, Easter weekend, Alex (the lil bro) came over for the night to chill. Saturday I woke up at 8 feeling miserable, upset stomach, sore throat, chest cold and congestion, and the worst headache of my life that persisted until 4pm. Skipped brunch with everyone and stayed in bed till 12:40. Had to work at 1, so got up and walked to work. Honestly felt like I was going to pass out, so I sat in the office of the gym with my eyes closed for 3 hours. Came back and felt a little better so went out to a movie, came home and went to bed. Sunday did the easter thing with the family, and progressively felt worse through the day. Sunday night I woke up at 3 in the morning and had to go to the bathroom. So I went, and the next thing I know I’m on the ground. I couldn’t have been out for long because even at 3am someone would have found me. I try to get up and fall on my back again. Finally when I can stand up I am so light headed, I can’t see. Everything is just black. I felt nauseous and I can’t really explain it. Got back to the room and sat down to collect my self. Andrew rolls over and asks “Dude are you ok?” To which I respond bluntly “No.” Of course Andrew rolls back over and falls asleep. Longer story short, went to the Doc Tuesday, he said it was a bad virus and I should just get better over time. Lame. So since then I’ve been waiting for the congestion and coughing to clear up. Today I finish the amoxicillin that didn’t do anything, and almost feel back to normal.
Which brings me back to my original point, shaking things up. I really don’t remember the last time I really went out over the weekend. I’m not big on drinking to begin with, but being sick I didn’t want to drink anything other than water. Friday night I ended up going to a party with Ben. At the party there were a bunch of guys from the dorm I lived in last year and it was a pretty good time. Bottom line for that night, I love being sober. Making fun of drunks doesn’t really get old. Waiting for a white loop to get back to my side of campus I saw a girl sitting on the wall who looked like she had been crying. When the bus came shortly after, she was right in front of me. I said to her “Cheer up, the bus could have taken longer.” She just smiled and seemed amused. But her friend in front of her, turned around and gave me the most evil death stare I’ve seen in a while. She said “Hey! Back off, she has a boyfriend who’s right there.” I laughed and said good for her. Talked to the boyfriend and said to take care of the girl. To which he replied “Dude I’m so drunk I don’t even know what is going on.” I just laughed. Drunks are hilarious. Saturday night I ended up going out as well. It was the first time I hung out with Don in quite some time. We wandered around town and ended up at Conyers and chilled for a bit.
Saturday I also learned some interesting news from Don. ITS was hiring for the summer. ITS runs the computer labs on campus, not to be confused with IST. Don said to turn in applications Monday. Turned mine in between classes while Andrew was still asleep and grabbed an application for Andrew too. So we both applied and I really hope I hear back from them. I’m not sure if I posted in an earlier entry about them or not, but I applied earlier in the semester and was rejected. I’m a bit on edge this time around and in desperate need of a job. Next march I’m (hopefully) heading to Japan. This summer I need to rake in some serious cash to get ready. Wish me luck.