Work Weekend pt. 2

Migraine from hell.

Work Weekend!

Crazyness.

Pulled over much?

First time getting pulled over today... But I had a nice drink with my dad at the Birch Street Uptown Lounge! woot!

Friggin snow day!

Woke up to half a foot of snow! CRAZY!!

Horrible day.

Today... was just. ew. Positiveness was really hard to find. I got home safely. It snowed an inch of snow/slush while I was driving home and it was crazy!

First day with no accents...

Tuesday- First day without a Boston accent every minute.... or any accent for that matter.

Leaving Boston

Monday- sad day... :[

COUSINS!!!

Sunday- We finally passed a resolution... it was a good one, actually. I believe we were signatories on it. The closing ceremonies was long and loud. We didn't get any awards, but I think everyone felt like we were great. After that, I met up with my family from New York and we did the Freedom Trail. It was really awesome, actually. 


We went to these places:
Faneuil Hall
North Market
South Market
Paul Revere House
The Old North Church
Whiskey Park
Mike's Pastries [HOLY CRAP THIS WAS A COOL EXPERIENCE. The line was out the freakin' door!]
We went to the Italian place across the road from the hotel, it was really nice. 


I love my cousin Diana... It was so awesome being able to hang out with her because apparently we are a lot alike even though we've never met in person. I loved it.

Full day

Saturday- second to last day! We had committee all day... and when I say all day; I mean all day. Unlike the actual UN or other conferences, we can only pass one resolution. So, we are discussing them. Apparently one resolution was plagiarized from an actual UN Resolution... makes me sad, but it also makes the "missing" binder story more legit. Still hasn't shown up. Oh well!


It is literally CRAZY Snowy and cold here. The highs for some days is in the 20s. So, I've had the worst nose bleeds ever since it's cold and dry. I miss my rainy Washington! 


The delegate dance was disappointing... They fit WAY too many people into this room... and it was just busy.

Slowest day ever...

Saturday! Woke up late... went to HARVARD! It was way cool, actually. I "checked in" to a few places via Facebook... so I proved I was there. haha! We then went to a place called Mr. Bartley's Burgers and OH MAN! It was the bomb. SERIOUSLY! I've never had a better burger. It was just... yeah. :]


Still no binder... we're thinking someone stole it so they have an upper hand in committee?? Doesn't matter- joke's on them; it's my security blanket, I know my stuff!


Tonight was the "Cocktail Party" and they had a live Jazz band. It rocked. We did some jazz dancing... my delegation literally stole the dance floor. 

Boston Thursday!

Thursday- Second day; first day of committee!


Totally lost my binder with all my information in it... Still having a great time, though. There is apparently 3,00 people at this conference! It's pretty awesome! Got hit up by the Columbian team last night, late... and then this morning. They are some cute guys! haha

Boston, MA

Wednesday! First day in Boston! These next few entries will be very short and sweet because I have no time to do anything. I got 30 minutes of sleep before I had to go to the airport, which just kind of recharged my brain. Got on the plane... barely took off and then I totally fell asleep. It was awesome.... I think I slept more than half of the flight. I sat next to a guy in my class and it was really hilarious. We are retarded together. :]


Seth Aaron was in the row in front of me. He won Project runway last year, and he was so nice to talk to! He carried my luggage off the plane because he's a nice guy. It was really sweet of him.


Boston is a HUGE place! I love it, though. Sleep now.

Not Saturday!

I guess since I went out last night, my body thought it was Saturday... ALL DAMN DAY. Even though I went to my Tuesday class... it was Saturday. It was kind of hilarious in a way... but not. Anyway- yoga was kick butt today. It just felt good! :]


I got a new phone today! It's a DroidX... very kick ass. I paid for half of it and for the data plan. So, that felt amazing. Earlier today I was just not feeling the flow, I even cried a few times, but as the day went on, it got better. 


I had a costume fitting for the Women In History show. I'm Thecla! The costume fits like a charm... in about 5 pounds less. haha! I have two weeks to loose it. I currently have to leave my house in 2 and a half hours to get to the airport at 5am. Yes, I'm technically writing this on Wednesday, but I haven't slept yet so it's still my Tuesday! I am going to Boston for the Harvard National Model United Nations conference and so the next few days might only be a few sentences to a paragraph or so, so don't get sad or upset. I am just way crazy busy! 

Valentine's Day!

So yeah! Math class was good, then I had to take the midterm... which wasn't too bad, but I know I didn't do as well as I would have liked. Oh well... I will know in a week! Let's just think positively and think that I got at least a B-... MMMKAY!? :]


Today is... in fact, St. Valentine's Day. Yes... it is! I could write about how it's the first year of having an actual valentine in 4+ years but he's in California and really sick... or I could write about how the cute guy that's been flirting[?] with me has a girlfriend [found that out tonight] and for some reason I feel like I've been dumped? haha...  OR that I hit a squirrel on the way home. Bastard.


But, I won't! Today is Valentine's Day! I have a wonderful boyfriend who is going to take me out for a romantic dinner when we are in New York! So yay! Cute guy is just that- just a guy. I have an awesome boyfriend. Are you paying attention? The squirrel... was suicidal- so I helped it. :] Isn't that much better?   ... okay. Maybe not, but it totally helped me smile, so get over it. 


Work was pretty chill tonight... got homework done which was excellent! After going to the lounge with my friends Janet and Jessie, we went to Janet's house and she dressed me up like a Barbie! It was pretty fun! Overall- I totally got a pretty sweet/sexy wardrobe for Boston! I am SO excited for that!! BOSTON! Okay- goodnight world. Happy Valentine's Day or Single's Awareness  Day! [I don't discriminate.]


Funny Note- So, last night at the lounge, I noticed the bottles weren't in the places they normally are so I commented on it and the bartender KJ was surprised that I even noticed it. He asked, "How do you know that?!" And I laughed and said, "I look at the bottles every night I come in here, jeez, KJ- keep up." He asked how I did it and I shrugged and said, "I have a pornographic memory!" We all had a good laugh. 

Today!

So, yeah, today was... interesting? hahaha... The positive of it was that I got out my feelings to someone and although it didn't end very well, I got them out and I felt better after because it had been in there for a while. :] So, go team!


The rest of the day was spent half sleeping and just... hanging out. Studying for my math mid term tomorrow. Then I was strong armed into making Valentines Day cards! Mine were approved by my grandmother.. so yay? It felt... really nice to have her like something I've done/made. So, I made one for Kelsey, Mom, Jacob, Janet [my Valentine!], Jessie [my other Valentine!], the Cafe I frequent and for The Birch Street Uptown Lounge which we are planning on going to tomorrow after I get off work. 


That's about it! I was happy to get some artistic stuff out. Felt good!

Down day...

Today started off pretty lame... I couldn't go to sleep. At all!! It was just like I couldn't fall asleep at all. I FINALLY Fell asleep after an hour and a half of laying there. Then 45 minutes later I was woken up by my sisters cat at the door. So, I was awake for another hour and a half watching cartoons, eating pita bread drinking ginger ale because my stomach hurt. After that I finally fell asleep and slept until we got a visitor on our back porch. A doggy! His name turned out to be Dakota- not T-Rex, sadly... So, mom had me take him to the Humane Society. On the way there, I realized how AMAZING it was to have a dog in the back seat with it's head out the window.... and I started crying because it made me miss my dog. 


The good part of the day was that the owner went there a few hours before me and I was able to hook the dog up with his owner instead of him paying $50+ for getting him out of hock from the Humane Society. So, it's really great that that happened! :]


Leah is over here now and we are having our Valentines day thing. Hang out... what have you. We are watching chick flicks because it's what you do on Valentines day, right? We are having fun, but there is this looming feeling in the pit of my soul and I just can't shake it. So, we are going to gorge on chocolate and have a great night! 

Birch Street Uptown Lounge

I had an amazing evening at the Birch Street Uptown Lounge. It was fantastic, really. I went with my mom, she had an Uptown Lemon Drop and I had an Old Fashioned. We shared a cheese and meat plate... it was all so delicious. We shared a Pimm's Cup which is one of my favorite! My dad showed up and so he had a Ghost Captain and a Moscow Mule. I then got another drink- A French 75. It was amazing, but everything KJ [the bartender] makes me is delicious. The most hilarious part was seeing my 4th grade teacher at the bar... I said, "HI MR. B!" And he backed down the hall with a crazy look on his face then came back down and laughed. We chatted a bit and he suggested I try the Absinthe. 


It was a really good night. The day was nothing too special. Plans fell through due to miscommunication. The doctor said that I did have kidney stones but that I passed them/it. So, yay!

Yoga!

Totally went to class today. It was awesome. :]


The yoga class really calmed me down and helped my body relax. I had physical therapy and my physical therapist cracked my back, it was awesome!!


That is really all I did with my day except sleep... I wish I had more to write. I think I hit the writers wall.

Cat Scans and Math Midterms...

Today was my math midterm... of course the only time they could schedule me into get a cat scan was about 30 minutes before the test. I was crying so hard because I was afraid my teacher would be fed up with me being sick, but he was just so cool about letting me take it later. I cried again because of him being so cool about it. 


I did get the courage together, and enough drugs in me, to go to my model united nations class and be somewhat pain free. It was nice seeing my friends, actually. So, even though it really took a lot out of me; overall it was really good for me to go there. My friend Janet put together a care package to make me feel better sooner- it had Tea, french cookies, and hot chocolate in it. It was all wrapped in a pretty pink bow. :] 


OH! Best part of today was that I dropped my cell phone in the toilet. That's right- into the friggin' toilet! I was on the phone with my mom so it turned off and it was like I hung up on her. It really sucked... I don't think I can find a positive point to that... except that I might get a new cell phone earlier. Yay! 


Today I had a cat scan. It was going good until they said I would have to get an IV of contrast. Neither is really bad, but with the pain I'm having it just didn't sound like any fun. The needle sucks, didn't really hurt at all- the guy was a pro. The contrast tastes funny [yes, it's IV, but it makes your mouth taste funny], and it makes you feel like you wet your pants- which blows. I don't know if they found anything yet... the doctor gets the results tomorrow, I believe. I have an appointment with her on Friday. The pain is a bit better, but I'm also taking more heavy narcotics so I'm not sure if it's that it's getting better or that it's the narcotics. 


Oh well- this is what I'm guessing the cat scan was actually like.

 Goodnight!

Back I go!

Yeah, so I wasn't feeling any better when I woke up and it was just... bad! I made an appointment with a doctor. Turns out there was no actual infection. So, now we're onto kidney stones. Wooooo! Go no infection... stones...? 


My positive part of the day was that early in the day I got to have the best chat with Jacob and a few other friends who were also just awake at midnight and beyond. Jacob and I talked until... 2:30am? I think... it was really nice just chatting with him. That is my positive thing for the day because quite honestly the rest of the day was complete rubbish and frustrating.

Nausea Day!

Yaaaaay! So, all today I was fighting off nausea all day! I was hoping to get to class, but no such luck... I ended up throwing up right before I would have left. How to turn that into something positive...? Certain people in the house were really concerned about me which made me happy a little bit because it seems like they don't care at all normally. :]


So yeah... that was my day. I literally slept most of today and it's been painful and nauseating. :[ One nice thing is that I've gotten to hang out with Kelsey a bit because I got my english homework done. I love my little sister a lot. She is a really cool kid.

Sleep Day!

So yeah... today was sleep filled and it's about to get sleepy again because I've taken a vicodin and the nausea is down. I've been nauseous all day. It blows.... so the positive side of that is that I have medication to combat it! Therefore I won't get dehydrated and die- which is a huge problem in a lot of the world. 


So, today, I e-mailed my teachers letting them know that I might not be in class tomorrow because I'm just not feeling it. The doc wrote on the paper that I shouldn't go back to doing anything until Tuesday... so, I'm going to fall back on that if I do end up staying home. Then I won't beat myself up for missing class. 


I absolutely miss my boyfriend tonight, and I'm not sure why. I mean, I normally miss him but today it was a million times worse. I just want to be with him and it blows that I can't be. We Skype which is really nice because I get to see him for a bit... but I miss hugging him. He gives the best hugs. Tonight on Skype, he informed me he was going to send me flowers for Valentines Day, but instead of sending me flowers, he's going to take me out for a fancy dinner together, just us [hopefully my coach for MUN will let me!], in New York. I'm really excited and I cannot wait for it, actually. I'm going to get him something for Valentines day, but I can't post it on here if he decides to read this sometime between now and when we go to NY. 


Although it really sucked to have to go to urgency care last night, I had been feeling really just... gross recently and it seemed like things were just piling up or I wasn't being as productive. It was just nice to have that gross feeling confirmed as a definitive, "yes, you are sick and you absolutely have a right to feel this way". So, that was nice. :]  ... also really glad it wasn't kidney stones. Holy hell that would have killed me. This was bad in itself... on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst pain ever, I got to an 8! Let me remind you that I've had 4 orthopedic surgeries on my foot... crazy horrible ones. Screws in my foot, bad, and that pain last night was almost as bad. Ew.


Okay, time to flush out my kidneys with a crapton of water, then off to bed!

Kidney Infection anyone?

So yeah, I was woken up multiple times in my sleep which is unheard of because I just don't wake up in my sleep unless  it's bad. The last time I was woken up in my sleep from pain was from my orthopedic surgeries. 


I woke up and got myself somewhat together for my Model UN Practice Conference... I gave a speech, helped on a working paper and did some stuff. We went out to lunch to Pho with four other MUN girls, it was really fun, actually... but the pain in my back was just getting so bad that I had to leave early. I then went home and was in the worst pain of my life! My mom took me to the emergency department and they thought it might be kidney stones but the doctor went for infection [which I am so happy about not having to pass a kidney stone! POSITIVE!:P] 


Soooo... I got a shot in the butt a vicodin, an anti-nausea pill that melts under your tongue and is nasty, and a jump start on the antibiotics. The actual needle part of the shot wasn't too bad at all, but holy crap the medication hurt like no freakin' other! It was horrible. BUT the positive side to that was that I was able to get antibiotics to help out my symptoms right away... that's not available everywhere in the world. I'm very thankful for that. :]


Going to bed now. Mom and I went to Safeway on the way home to get some cranberry juice and ended up getting a butt-load of stuff and then we were checking out and I watched her use her card, then put her pin number in and I thought to myself, "Hey... that isn't my pin number..." haha. Yeah, go drugs!

Friday Friday!

Today was a good day. Got all my work done, well- most of it... it's been an interesting work day. I had an Alpha Sigma Phi meeting which went great. I had plans to go out with my friend Tori and we had a great time. 


It was First Friday in Camas, the theme- "A Chocolate Affair to Remember". It was really awesome, there was lots of chocolate and then we went to the Lounge [of course] and we had to wait for seats up at the bar. A nice couple offered half of their table and then we left them because people left the bar, so we jumped on it and thanked the couple for being so nice! Sitting at the bar was amazing, actually... we had a great time watching the bartender KJ make amazing drinks. He's an artist with the booze! haha...


Now I am doing some research on our topics for the practice conference we are doing tomorrow for MUN. I think it'll be easy, but the foreign policy for my country just is like "EH... don't do it." haha...

Thursday Thursday...

Today has been interesting. I really didn't feel good waking up and all through out the day, I felt somewhat ill... but thankfully it wasn't as bad as my dad and little sister so it didn't affect me as bad. YAY!  I had a good yoga class and then went to Menchies with Leah. I then had an appointment with my therapist. I think it's really important for people to have a third party person to be able to talk to and get feedback from. It's always fun talking to her.


After, I went to the Birch Street Uptown Lounge with my mom and we had drinks. It was really nice! We sat at the bar and had a really amazing time just hanging out. Now I am finishing up English Homework and just chilling it with my cat. OH! I was selected to go to Seattle for the Phi Theta Kappa International Convention!! I am so excited... except that I will be missing 5 days of math class in April... So, I e-mailed the only math 204 teacher and asked him if that would really hinder my learning experience even if I was willing to get ahead or catch up and do as much work outside of class as I needed. I'm hoping to get back a more positive answer than I'm thinking I will get. So, lets just stay positive, yes?! :]


Going to bed now... I have my Phi Theta Kappa meeting tomorrow.

Wednesday Wednesday!

Sensing a theme?? Me neither. :P


So, today was interesting in the fact that everything went according to plan and actually quite well.  I'm pretty tired, so I will list bullet points for positiveness, if I've already stated said positiveness it obviously needs to be said again because it is so awesome!

• I am the new VP for the Clark College History Club
• I was chosen to go to Seattle to represent Alpha Sigma Phi at the Phi Theta Kappa conference!!
• I am now a three star member [out of five] of Phi Theta Kappa! 
• My english teacher described a paper I wrote as "off the hook". Seriously amazing. 
• Math test went smashing!
• Went out for sushi with some MUN friends and really got along with some new ones. :]
• MUN test went good!
• Got to skype with Big Sexy.... Jacob. That is his fraternity name... it was passed down to him by the last big sexy. I am now Lady Sexy. Pretty classy. 
• I finally saw the first episode of Doctor Who with the newest doctor... he is really awesome actually and I love the story behind him meeting his companion for this series. 
• I got to talk to Lauren for a bit via text. She is Jake's roommate Tony's amazing girlfriend. We get along really well.
• Yoga is tomorrow- Also tomorrow- MENCHIES! 
• ALSO ALSO Tomorrow is cocktails with my mommy! I am really excited. I haven't gone out and drank with her yet, only with my dad. 
• NOW- BED! WOOOOOO! [and Alice]

Tuesday Tuesday!

Jeez, today was a Tuesday! And it's not even over! I did a presentation to a small groups communication class about Phi Theta Kappa today and it went fairly well even though I'm pretty sure the teacher was so grading me in her head. haha! Of course there is always going to be the few people who don't take it seriously and there was, but it didn't really effect me, so yay for taking the positive/moral highground! I spoke right over them and answered the questions of the people who were interested.


Yoga went really good! I really liked today, maybe because we have moved away from the sun salutations and towards the yoga that I know and love. We got an assignment for a paper that will be due sometime in the future and I need to keep a journal of my reactions to different situations, my breath [when I hold it, or not], my posture, my body language, and notice when I respond differently than usual. So, from now on at the end of each post I will have a "YOGA TIME" part that you don't have to read, if you want to, go ahead, it's mainly for my benefit so I have something to write about at the end of the assignment.


My mom, grandmother and I went out to a Thai place downtown, it was really nice food and I had a good time out in the sun. It was SO sunny today!! I am so glad I got out in the sun while it lasted.


I am currently taking a break from homework. A not-so-deserved break, but oh well! :] 


YOGA TIME- Breathed through a partial melt-down instead of crying. Breathing is so much cooler than crying.