Well my break was insane…if we can call it a break. The doc ended up sick, so i spent some fun time finishing all the grading. For 160+ students. With a really crappy grad list from a fellow TA. With a really strict timeline to get this all done. It just took me a bit of time to get it done, but I completed it sans my health. The funny thing about hospitals is that when you go into one to visit, you often come out of them sicker than you went in. Well i spent the middle of my break getting over a cold/flu that I didn’t want to give anyone until Christmas time rolled up on me. The trip home was interesting, not too stressful in the over all scheme. I did come out of it with a huge stack of DVDs, I made off like a bandit, which was great. Christmas eve was a little depressing, I have to admit, but concerning that it has only been now 3 years since I had my heart ripped out by the ex-fiancee, that is understandable. I was moody, and I know that I shouldn’t have been alone, but I did it anyways and played many hours of video game carnage. Yeah, not healthy, but I did it anyways.

New Years was fun, I played games with my friends for hours on end. I even came close to winning the game early on, but then i got ganged up on, but it was a really really good game. I had a blast. I had a glass of bubbly at midnight, watched all the couples be mushy, and then headed home an hour after midnight cause I was tired. The next day I had my traditional serving of cabbage (those with alot of irish traditions in their family will understand why) and had a good day of lounging around and doing artsy stuff.

Well the last week of my break I began to get tired, which I just thought that i needed to catch up on some sleep from everything that I’ve done the last few months without a real break. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case, and i started to feel fairly icky at the end of this last weekend. Icky bad, but I thought survivable. Well I went to the student health center today and got the look of “your still standing?” which kinda fits in with my stubborness. The diagnosed me with a nice sinus infection, stomach flu, a very mild case of brochitis, and a wonderful blood test because I was showing possible signs of having mono. As the prof said tonight on the phone, “so who have you been kissing…” and I want to know too;-) But as Peppy le Pu would say…”le sigh,” so I don’t worry too much about it. Everyone keeps telling me that I will find the right woman eventually, it isn’t like I’m too hard to miss:) But back to my possible mono…it could be several other things, including nothing, my liver with an infection, or my gall bladder finally needing to come out (family history). So 2 of my 4 possible prognosi that I have involve me getting cut open. Oh fun…last thing I need is a new scar;-) But anyways, the semester is going fine so far, my classes seem alot better than last semster. I just need to get one more class added to my schedule and I’m good to go. I have a global history course that is going to be challenging, but alot of fun, I’m expecting to learn alot about how to teach a course of that sort of material. I’m also taking a class on WWII and Hitler, examining germany in the 20th century with one of the best Profs in the department. Minus one class, I’m also TAing for the doc again in Ancient History, hoozah!! It is a packed house, but out of the 220 in the class, I expect 50 will drop when they realize that we’re not lying about this class teaching you alot. Anyways, with my plague going on, I’m getting tired so I’m going to head to bed. Sleep well all and say healthy.