Okay, okay. I have been sick for two weeks now. TWO WEEKS. And I am running out of things to do. I hit bottom after watching three seasons of Grey's Anatomy (I really hate to admit it, but I really like that show). So now I am blogging because... well, because I have nothing else to do. And also because for some people, like Kristin, Lee, Terry, my cousins, etc. it is my main method of keeping them up-to-speed on the happenings of my life.
So... yep. I have been sick. Nothing major, except that I keep thinking I am getting better when I am actually getting worse. I tried everything imaginable. I slept as much as any human could possibly sleep. I took vitamins, even Airborne and Emergen-C. I drank plenty of water. I even tried running it out on the treadmill. But nothing worked, and I feel worse. So I am going to the doctor tomorrow and hopefully he will make me all better.
My main annoyance about the whole being sick thing is that I haven't been able to work out as much as I would like to. Becky and I are running a 5k on New Year's which, although it isn't a huge deal, isn't something I really want to go into without any prior effort (especially since Becky is a super athlete). Apart from that, I had been making an effort to work out every day and had been doing a really good job of it up until I got sick. Three miles a day. And as of today I haven't been to the gym in... three days. Not so awesome.
Ummm... what else. Next week is finals week, and then I have three weeks off before I go back to full-time. I am pretty excited. I recently found a really great postgraduate program at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Trinity is pretty prestigious so eligibility for admission might be a bit of a struggle. I have made a goal of working harder to step up my grades and find out what supplemental courses I may need to take to qualify.
The program is amazing. Seriously-- it is perfect for me. It's a Masters of Science in the field of Global Health. Which is a program that basically takes students from all kinds of science fields and integrates medical, political and cultural studies. The goal is to train medical/business professionals who will be working in international health careers how to address health issues that span the globe.
I have never really pegged myself for the post grad type, but as it turns out, I am good at the whole school thing when I apply myself. So I am going to work hard toward this, and see where I end up.
I need to get perfect grades from now on, which is going to be really difficult. But I think I can maybe probably do it. The school asked me to become a peer tutor next term. I think it's funny since they tried to kick me out the first term, and now they want to pay me to teach other kids. Ha. I will probably say yes, not because of the money (it isn't even minimum wage, and it's only about 4-8 hours/month), but because it will be a good thing to put on my application and because I think I might actually be good at it.
Which brings me to my last point of update: work. Work is great. I love it. Especially my coworkers. They are very nice people. And I'm not just saying that because my boss might someday read this. :)
The other day a girl came in from another store when I was working on the bar. She started talking to me and I got all nervous. She had a very complicated drink and once I knew she was a Starbucks employee I was trying very hard to get it right (since I knew she would know if I didn't). Well, I was so concentrated on making sure I steamed her milk to the right consistency (not too foamy), that I forgot to put any shots in her drink. That was pretty embarassing. When I told Shineadth she laughed at me and said, "well, you can only go up from here." (I like her the most out of everyone.)

Okay. I should probably sleep now. I get to go to the doctor in the morning! I am excited.

FIN!