Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
My existance since Sunday has sucked. A lot. I spend the entire semester running away from any form of sickness...until Sunday. BAM! Why must death strike in the form of the common cold??? There was a question posed in survey once that asked whether you would prefer to get a sore throat or an upset stomach? I think I must be one of the few strange ones that actually prefers an upset stomach. Because those usually go away after a while!! Unlike this sore throat that has been around since Sunday (damnit, it's only Tuesday), and just keeps getting worse. I'm sure you all wanted to know all these details about how I'm sick. Blegh. So far, I should be doing some reading for History (studying, you know), but so far I've only been able to motivate myself to look at the books. Remember last week when I was saying how I wished I'd had somewhere fun to go?? Good thing I didn't! I'm sure that if I had driven hours to see people, they would have wanted me to do something other than sleep!!! :)
I'm listening to 'Last Christmas' right now...which makes me think of how Christmas music always gets overplayed and I want to eat my head (gina!). I was sitting at the Borders in Fox Point last year (okay standing), waiting to check out with someone's Christmas present (before I went crazy and bought too many books!), and I heard that song. Then, two minutes later, I went out to my car and turned it on and heard that song AGAIN. Yeah. Mini-stupid-story that I'm sure you didn't really want to know.
If I keep feeling like this, it's going to be a bitch to get up for that 8am final on thursday. I wonder if I still have any Tylenol Flu...that super heavy-duty stuff that makes me feel like I'm high off multiple substances. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Christmas shopping!
Agh!
I hate it.
Despite my illness (i was in denial) yesterday, I braved the mall. Bad idea, Lauren. Christmas shopping is bad. I did get most of my cousin's present, and I just have to get a few more little things for her, woohoo! One person is done. And my parents are done. And the boy is done. And one of my grandparents is done. I have no idea what to get my sister, or my other grandparents. Or anyone else. But I did figure out what to get all of my friends on campus and such. Yay!
So hopefully when I get back to Milwaukee this weekend (gahhhhhhhhhh), it will not be hard to spend minimal time at the stores, getting the rest of my christmas shopping done.
I figured out what it is that I am going to do after the holiday hoopla is done. Uno - I want to go to the frozen tundra that is northwest called Minnesota, visit Lizzie, and look at grad school. Dos - I'm going to read a lot. I never read except on breaks. Three (not sure how to spell three in spanish) - I'm probably going to watch a lot of movies and eat a lot of food. Hmm. Winter break is shaping up to be 'not-so-bad.' At least in writing, anyway!!
Back to the couch, to maybe drink some tea (and burn my tongue because I ALWAYS do), and pretend to study, but just end up watching some movies. Bah humbug to the sick gods!!! :)
Paul- you should send your virtual chicken noodle soup again :)

- posted by L. @ 1:55 PM