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so i went to the doctor today to get tested and retested to be given an all clear from my pyelonephritis.  i showed up, late, and was ushered back, where i was weighed, blood pressured, and heartbeat counted.  all normal (for me).

i peed in a cup.  for those of you who don't know me, let me tell you, i don't like doing that.  it is awkward, weird, and well, that's my pee in a cup.  i am slightly offended and quite put off at the concept.  the day that pregnancy is an issue and i have to pee on a stick... there will be no photos of the stick.  it will be put in a ziplock bag and thrown away!

i digress.  as i was saying.  i peed in the cup.  shudder.  my doctor came into the room and chatted with me.  he pulled up my file (love that that crap is online now and in a system).  he pulled up the file from the er.  had all the info in front of him.  asked me to tell him about my week.  i went through it.  sore on wed.  uncomfortable on thurs.  fri was fine and have felt fine since.  didn't need the pain meds.  temperature was fine by friday.  and was waiting for him to tell me i was good to go.

two seconds later, the lab had messaged him the results.  now, you tell me that wifi isn't AWESOME.  i am clean and clear.  no more infection.  however, he then looked at all the info in front of him and said, "you are a medical mystery."

i asked him what he meant.  and he then explained that there was no way for them to know what happened to cause it, why i got the kidney infection.  he had some theories but said it could be anything and we would just never know!  i think my title answers the question.

so i am not doing the ap reader thing.  i am not sad about that.  but i thought i would give you tips on how to get out of anything.

first, you have to get a backache about two weeks before the event.  nothing to severe.  it should coincide with gardening or lifting or something that will explain it.

second, the day before you are set to leave, you should have pain in your side where the back pain is.  and a headache.  and over the course of the day, general body aches.

third, you should start to freeze while you spike a temperature of 102.7 and in general, feel like you got hit by a bus.

fourth, have your mother take you to the er because you have a high temperature.  while at the er, find out that you have a horrible kidney infection, which explains the pain, and the temp. 

yep.  bed rest and general all around bleck.  but at least i don't have to grade.

so.  today i finished up the semester.  submitted grades.  finished off some stuff.  and now.  i have a desk to clean.  i think there is a desk under there but i can't be sure until i clean it.

now, to the summer of jeorg.  knitting.  movies.  coffee.  books.  projects.  some work for the future.  sleeping in.   ahhh!  i love the summer.

you see, once you get chicken pox, in theory, you can't get it again.  i am sure there are like a gagillion other diseases and illnesses that are the same way.  but this is not the case for monkey sars.

monkey sars is a disease that comes back over and over again.  it is a dirty, dirty disease spread through grading papers, teaching, talking with students, and sitting at a different table other than your favorite one at coffee houses.  the symptoms of monkey sars vary from person to person and can be mild to severe.  but let's face it, they are sever because it is monkey sars.

don't be fooled by the fact that it is not featured on webmd.  it is real.  it is here.  it is thriving in me.  achoo.

so today, i managed to forget my lunch.  now normally, this is fine and dandy and i can survive until i can find food.  for whatever reason though, i was starving by the time i made it to the office and could have gnawed off one of my feet.  i was starved.  it felt like i hadn't eaten in years.  seriously, if i had looked in a mirror, i would have seen an olsen twin, that is how hungry i was.

so i made it home and remembered the leftovers in the fridge from my dinner last night.  i already regret eating them for a couple of reasons.  the first being, shudder, they were leftovers, shudder, with meat.  i ate it last night and it was good but i do not like leftovers and i especially don't like leftovers with meat in them.  there is something about it that repulses me to the core and usually i can eat about half of it before i want to gag and end up throwing out the rest. 

the second reason is that i managed to eat the whole container of leftovers and i am now pregnant with a food baby.  (thank you juno for teaching me the term because i totally get the "food baby".)  yes.  my tummy went from chubby from all the lattes and the fact that the weather has been so wonky that i haven't walked to work much (joining gym in may), to now a food baby belly.  i think i am gonna be sick.

have you ever gone to your blog to look at it for a moment and are surprised to find that your post is a few days old?  not because you haven't written anything but because you are sure that you did write something?  so sure, that you think you remember sitting at the computer typing up a post about something so important that it was sure to cure world hunger and create world peace?  certain that you had hit the submit button after having picked tags and categories and searches?  have you ever done that?

because i have.  i am pretty sure that i typed a post and posted it but it isn't there.  i just don't know what the post is about and if i am dreaming this or if i am just crazy.  the latter.  clearly.

even though my title expresses that i have a good life, there are days, that even though my life is good, it can be trying.

the only reason i sound so fuçking grim right now is because we had some weather last night.  oh.  the house is fine.  but the dog wigged at 4 in the morning.  i couldn't fall back to sleep after that until my alarm went off... at 730.  at that point, the trembling, neurotic dog whose medicine did no more than act like candy was in bed with me terrified that the big bad lightening and thunder would get her.

needless to say, i woke up, having overslept, with a raging headache, no clue what to wear (if you know me at all, then you know that this is a bad place for me to be mentally), the weather sucked and parking is impossible on campus.

the blessed part of my life is that i did not have to teach my 10am class since they are in the midst of a project.  but i arrived so late on campus and still felt like sh!t that i ended up canceling my 11am.  i will pay for that.  but today was long.  i managed to get some work done, have a meeting, attend one class and clear my head a little bit, but overall, the fog is in the mind.

so it is spring break.  and i must say, that even though the snow is melting, it just isn't enough.  i feel sorry for the wee daffodils breaking through the ground, huddled together, to keep warm in the snow.  where is my spring?  it is march already, and normally, yes we have cold days, but not fricken winter!

so during this spring break, i have been watching the gilmore girls... i am almost through season four and will soon be on to season 5.  yeah.  then 6, then 7.  because i am obsessed.  i miss this show more than anything.  it was so witty and the jokes are still really good.  they don't make them like that anymore.

while i am sitting on bedside duty, i would like to say that the nurses here on the 3b wing of saint joseph's hospital are PHENOMENALLY incredible.  it is insane how lovely they are.  how kind.  how quick they are to help.  how good they are at their jobs.  clearly, these nurses are the best of the best in this hospital.

one of the crazy things about me is that i love voting.  a lot of people love to vote but i get joy and delight while doing it.  there is a slight problem though with voting... sometimes, just sometimes... it is not as exciting as others.

it has everything to do with the candidate.  have you ever gone in to vote and known you aren't backing the winner?  you hope the person you are voting for is better than the other one, but in all reality, it could be a toss-up?  it has been a while for me since the last time i was REALLY EXCITED about a candidate.

and for me, obama inspires that excitement.  that desire to vote.  that want to change things.  that dream of making it better.  that hope of a bright and brilliant future.  he can inspire.  and in my opinion, our country needs some inspiration, some dreams, wants, and hope.

this video captures that feeling tenfold!