Since I woke up yesterday with some particularly concerning new symptoms, Keegan took me to the urgent care clinic at Duke. They did a blood test to check for mono, but when the results came back negative the PA said, "Well, that doesn't really tell us much since you've only been sick a week." Gee, thanks. So instead she says she thinks it's some sort of viral infection, which I know can't be treated with antibiotics, but she prescribes anyway on the off-chance I picked up something bacterial on top of the viral, which is why I started feeling a lot worse on Friday night than I did during the day. Fantastic.
On the plus side, I'm much more productive when I'm sick. I got up and did work for 2 hours straight and finished the updates I needed to make on this R21 for my biomaterials class. I want to have it finished today because tomorrow is when my math final is posted, so I want to just have that to focus on. That way I can finish the math by Wednesday hopefully and devote Thursday and Friday and Saturday morning completely to studying for my Tissue Engineering final. But I'm sure I won't work on the math final for that long- I think it's supposed to take 3 hours or whatever the standard exam length is. So I'm sure there will be TE studying in there too. I started studying a little bit yesterday, but then the desire to sleep took over, so I did that instead. I'd rather start feeling better sooner so my studying at the end of the week will be more high-quality.
On a cheerier note, Keegan and I put up our Christmas tree :-) It's very happy and it makes me feel better just looking at it. I can't smell it right now, which is sad, but hopefully in a few days I'll be able to. It's even got some presents under it! How exciting! Keegan's goal this year is to surprise me with his gift choices, since I was able to guess what he was giving me for Christmas the past two years. I love being surprised, but I think it must be difficult to do or something. Maybe I just need to not think about the things he knows I want and could therefore be present candidates.
We also have poinsettias that I bought from the LRHS band decorating our hearth, so they look very festive also. We have LED lights on the tree and they burn for some ridiculous 25,000 hours and use like 1.5 watts of energy, so I plan to have them on almost all the time when I'm downstairs with the tree. It will get me in the Christmas spirit. Of course I think I may have been in the Christmas spirit since Halloween when all the Christmas decorations went up... But anyway, the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas always seems to fly by, and that's certainly true this year. I can't believe it's already the 8th; I take my last exam on Saturday and by then Christmas will pretty much be on the 10 day forecast. That's how I judge when dates are close or not.
I said I would work at Target from Dec 16-19, then the 21, 22, and 23, but I haven't heard anything about if they actually scheduled me. I will be angry if they scheduled me for days when I specifically said I couldn't be there, but I don't need the job, so I'll quit if they try to make me stay on for the days I have other plans (on Dec 15 and 20). I just thought it would be nice to extend my discount and earn a little more money to put towards the wedding.
Anyway, my break is over, so I'm going to finish the final edits on that R21 and then take a shower and a nap before diving into the studying for tissue engineering.
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