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at the moment, i am in the middle of a few things and haven't had time to blog.  i promise i will be back to update, not that anyone is reading this anymore... but i am ok with that.  it isn't really about you, is it?  it's about me... :)

i took a nap in the hammock today and i must say, that that was delightful.  i was asleep faster than i care to admit.  i slept better there than i have in days.

as of late, i have not been sleeping well.  it is my summer insomnia.  the cats all want to be around me, moving or hogging the bed.  there is a dog outside who whimpers and cries.  noise, my general uncomfortableness and then, waking up in the middle of it all. 

but dammit if that hammock didn't sleep great.  why is that?

today, i had the fun of going to the urgent treatment center since i feel like an exhausted death.

(after having my nasal cavity swabbed for flu, and OW!)

doctor:  i'll go check your flu results, but i am pretty sure it'll be negative and you have walking pneumonia.

me:  great!

doctor:  well, it explains the exhaustion and your chest pain, and your cough.

few minutes pass by.  doctor returns.

doctor:  well, it has never happened before.  i was wrong.  you are positive for the flu.

conclusion.  i do love it when doctor's are thoroughly entertained by their "wrongness".  he still thinks i have walking pneumonia but the xray didn't prove it to his eyes.  so... YEAH for antibiotics.

today in class, the following conversation was had:

student: how do you say "i conquer" in french?

me: je suis d'accord.  (i agree)

student: yeah, i know that, but i mean "conquer".

me: je suis d'accord.  (i agree)

student: more snobbish though.

me: raised eyebrows.  je suis complètement d'accord.  (i completely agree)

other students giggle.  student pulls out dictionary.  scrunches face.  discovers i am right.

student: damn.

me: je suis tout à fait d'accord.  (i completely agree)

one of these things just doesn't belong,

the office
meet the fockers
the shining
lost

can you tell which thing is not like the others
by the time i finish my song?

a guessing game...

the way the sun glitters through spring leaves on trees.  bubbles.  tarte au citron.  a shot of espresso.  bookstores.  shoe stores.  aha moments.  watching children color.  maple snuggling with me in the morning.  a yummy warm dinner made for me.  holding hands.  halloween.  new fabric ready to be pieced and quilted.  looking at photos showing me all the adventures we have had.  photos of puppies.  a warm cup of tea on a sunday morning while sitting in my pj's watching all the shows on tv.  going through dvds of tv series.  the smell of ink in a newly printed book.  comics.  reading the ads from a newspaper.  shopping with my own bags and not using plastic ones.  my iphone.  

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.