Influenza

I'm sorry I haven't written in so long. Sunday I developed a cough that turned into a fever by nightfall, and when I woke on Monday morning I was definitely the victim of the flu. I dragged myself out of bed and went to my pre-class meeting with Dr. Lipo (one of my professors) only to find that one of the classes I was registered for would be "no good" for me which immediately made me feel ten times worse. I went to my first class and managed to pay attention pretty well despite going through half a dozen cough lozenges and desperately trying not to sneeze all over my mini netbook.

After it ended I simply had to go home, and when I got inside I dropped my backpack and keys on the floor, flung off my jacket, untied my shoes and collapsed on my bed, only awaking several hours later feeling marginally better. I skipped the "unnecessary" class since I felt so bad, but managed to get to my last class although I nearly passed out.
Walking the half-mile home at 10 pm was miserable because I was only wearing my Donna Karen sportswear sweater, and the wind was cutting right through it. Note to self: when going to late class on Monday always bring Gators hoodie or H&M black trench.
I think that when I get my last check it might be a good idea to get a CSULB hoodie, since I'm obviously going to use it a lot (I have never worn a sweater on the first day of September since I lived in New Jersey) and it's the last check I'll get for awhile, since we don't know who got the GA position yet, and I don't want to get another job before I hear about that one because that's a REALLY nice job.

Tuesday I spent gravitating between my bed and my armchair. I began emailing people trying to work out classes and then fell asleep. I woke up to an email saying there was a class I might go to at 2 pm, but it was 1 pm and I was sick and miserable and unshowered so I didn't go. I'm still trying to contact the guy though, because that class does sound cool. I might go this Tuesday (I had BETTER be better by then!) and see if I can take it. Luckily, the drop-add period ends September 13th here, which is a such a blessing and relief.

Today I woke up feeling much better, but after 20 minutes of being up I felt awful again, and even a long hot shower only helped a little. I went to my one class dutifully, tried to catch a professor at his office (and failed), talked to one of my classmates about some of the work I can do in the IIRMES lab, and gratefully headed home and to bed. I let myself lie down for twenty minutes before I got up and sent some emails, and then curled up for a lovely nap. The gist of today is that if I can't find a decent class (the ones I want to take have been canceled because not enough people signed up for them) then I'll have to take a directed research or reading course which is something I do NOT want to do in my first semester, but if I have to I will.

I still have a couple emails to send, but I'll get to that in the morning since no one in their right mind is awake right now.
I really hope the fever is gone in the morning. It keeps coming and going and I just want to be BETTER. Why couldn't I have gotten sick when I had no classes to bother with and could've stayed in bed all day for a week straight??