First Day of Class...Kind Of

Today was the first day of class for my last semester as an undergraduate. We ended up having a snow day. Or half of a snow day because they did not cancel classes until the afternoon. So I had my nutrition class this morning and stayed and watched the snow fall in the afternoon. I actually kind of wanted to go to my afternoon class because it is called Performance Ethnography and I am not sure what it is about.

Anyway, I was also glad classes were cancelled today because I am fighting a horrible cold which I fear might be turning into an ear infection. Not cool. I have been drinking a lot of tea and taking a lot of Dayquil.

I have seen the syllabi for 5/6 classes and this is getting ready to be another difficult semester. I did not get into the developmental psychology class at the other school like I wanted so I added another class called health communication that I think will look good on nursing school applications.

Stay warm!

Making Myself Crazy

We had another snow day today (but this time with a lot of snow...) so I have had a lot of time to sit around and do some research. I have been worried about my Imuran for a while, most specifically the increased risk of cancer. I have rare blood cancers on both sides of my family, so I think about that anyway. I have reduced my Imuran dose to 200 mg because of hair loss, but I understand that it still a pretty high dose. I am really scared about this medicine, and in general all the medicine to treat lupus.

I have been exhausted today. I slept until about 8:30 when I found out that school was cancelled for the day. I couldn't get back to sleep so I got about 7.5 hours of sleep for the night. Not great, but not bad either. I took a 2.5 hour nap in the middle of the day, and I am now exhausted. Not fun. I also have been achy today. It is probably too soon for the reduced dose of Imuran to be having an impact, but of course I am wondering what will happen if my symptoms do get worse. Will I increase the Imuran and risk losing more hair? Or will I try a new treatment and have to adjust to new side effects? I've been sitting around thinking about this all day and it's making me a little crazy.

It's already almost 10 pm, so I think I might just make a nice cup of hot apple cider, take a Tylenol PM for my joints and call it a night.

SNOW DAY! Without the Snow...

We have a day off today because of the terrible, teriible snowstorm raging outside as I speak (or write...) In actuality, there is a light flurry and no accumulation. I'm not complaining though. I have been really tired and slept in until 10:15. Then I got up and made myself a delicious egg and turkey bacon sandwich.

I have an interesting assignment for my class Writing as Communication. We have to write two public essays about a topic that we feel strongly about. For the first essay, I chose to write about the preexisting condition clause in most health insurance policies. Since I will be graduating in just over a year, this is a significant concern for me because going without health care could potentially be disastrous.

The draft of the paper was supposed to be due today, but since there is a "snowstorm" outside I'm guessing it will be due on Friday. My second public essay is due on Friday, but it has to be on a different subject and I'm not sure what I am going to write about yet.

This class has made me think a lot about this blog. I write pretty informally on here. A lot of the blogs I read, but a lot also take a more professional approach. I'm wondering if I should change, just a little. Maybe proofread sometimes...?

Anyway, I'm going to enjoy my day off thoroughly. I'm probably going to get back into bed soon because I am still a little sleepy.