Absent but not Sick, Shot but not Dead.
I hear a sound. It is the sound of a dead LJ being dragged out of the abyss that is Outdated.
So...
Stayed home today; have been coughing for about a week and went to see the doctor. It was originally going to be a fairly short visit, just added on to my little brother's check-up, and then I'd head to school for the rest of the day. But! Fate conspired against us. Fate and a lousy medical system wherein two practices, one for adults and one for kids, are in the same building, but if you phone the wrong one by accident they won't notify you of the other's existence.
A hassle.
Then, doctors were late, things dragged on. The minute, minute possibility that I could have whooping cough would need to be verified with a blood test, I was told, which led to some hyperventilation (needles are a bit distressing to me), but if this clears up in two weeks or less, then I won't need to bother with that. Here's to hoping; even if I weren't worried about a blood test, I'm sick of the headache and sore chest that coughing so much is giving me.
To finish things off, there was an x-ray test to make sure it wasn't a weird form of pneumonia. It wasn't, so it's probably nothing, really... nothing but a bother, that is. My little brother also was x-rayed, and he actually had to have a blood test, but he put up with it well.
All in all, it was too late to go to school by the time we got back.
Since I wasn't really ill, I got to go to the mall later, w/shikuchi, EstelsLight, Monast. We wandered about, thought about seeing a movie (nothing good showing), thought about playing DDR (broken ;_; ), played some Time Crisis and Virtual On (mobile suit fighting sim...) instead. After some food, we played laser storm with a bunch of college kids.
It was my first time at Laser Storm, and it was quite fun. Smoke, strobe lights, and music to match. It seemed one territory had a tactical advantage over the other-- whichever team played there (we traded off) would win by a large margin, with the exception of the Boys v. Girls match. Even though the girls (and one guy, to balance team numbers) got the lucky side, they lost (45-80. Ouch).
It'd be fun to do again sometime... when I have some more money. >_>
So...
Stayed home today; have been coughing for about a week and went to see the doctor. It was originally going to be a fairly short visit, just added on to my little brother's check-up, and then I'd head to school for the rest of the day. But! Fate conspired against us. Fate and a lousy medical system wherein two practices, one for adults and one for kids, are in the same building, but if you phone the wrong one by accident they won't notify you of the other's existence.
A hassle.
Then, doctors were late, things dragged on. The minute, minute possibility that I could have whooping cough would need to be verified with a blood test, I was told, which led to some hyperventilation (needles are a bit distressing to me), but if this clears up in two weeks or less, then I won't need to bother with that. Here's to hoping; even if I weren't worried about a blood test, I'm sick of the headache and sore chest that coughing so much is giving me.
To finish things off, there was an x-ray test to make sure it wasn't a weird form of pneumonia. It wasn't, so it's probably nothing, really... nothing but a bother, that is. My little brother also was x-rayed, and he actually had to have a blood test, but he put up with it well.
All in all, it was too late to go to school by the time we got back.
Since I wasn't really ill, I got to go to the mall later, w/shikuchi, EstelsLight, Monast. We wandered about, thought about seeing a movie (nothing good showing), thought about playing DDR (broken ;_; ), played some Time Crisis and Virtual On (mobile suit fighting sim...) instead. After some food, we played laser storm with a bunch of college kids.
It was my first time at Laser Storm, and it was quite fun. Smoke, strobe lights, and music to match. It seemed one territory had a tactical advantage over the other-- whichever team played there (we traded off) would win by a large margin, with the exception of the Boys v. Girls match. Even though the girls (and one guy, to balance team numbers) got the lucky side, they lost (45-80. Ouch).
It'd be fun to do again sometime... when I have some more money. >_>