The Brooklyn Times

Wednesday, February 25

Feverish times.

Wow, I just came back from waiting 2 hours

to see a doctor at the health clinic (walk-in)...

At about the 1.5 hour mark, just as I was gonna get up and leave

(I. HATE. WAITING.),

they called my name.

Luckily I stayed for longer than normal

(I usually leave thinking that I'm over-reacting anyways and

that the dr. is just gonna shuffle me along saying all I have is a cold)

because she diagnosed me with a blasted sinus infection and have been,

unknowingly walking around for 5 days with a low-grade fever

(I knew I was sweating profusely for a reason).

Don't get me wrong, I am feeling the pain...

my sinus and head feel like they're gonna explode.

I mean, I knew I was freakin' exhausted when I would walk from A to B

(room to kitchen)

but didn't realize I still had a honkin' fever.

Am on the meds now...

haven't been on antibiotics in a long while.

Which is probably a good thing.

Gotta keep that to a bare minimum.

In other feverish news, despite my sickness

(and previously posted procrastination),

I managed to whither down my "to-do" list to just 15 items!!!

And I even got one crossed off today...so it's at 14 things only now!!

Whooo!!

Here it is:

(I love leaving cryptic stuff on here, hehe)

Tuesday, February 24

YUM!

You CANNOT get sushi up North.

Well not in my small town anyways.

So this is a heavenly treat for me!!!!

Mmmmmm!!

(and no wonder I'm a freakin' procrastinator today!!

My list, on the right side of the pic, is up to #36....and counting.

Well ok, a few ARE crossed off.)

And now for tea-time!

Having some double spiced chai black tea after my yummy supper.

It's a very good, spicy tea!

And it's in my new U of C mug.

Someday I will come back to live here.

To live beside the mountains.

Procrastination: survival, ethics or craziness?

There must be a reason why God invented procrastination...did we need it to survive in the good ol' caveman days? Is it our bodies way of letting us know that we are overloaded with information or just plain bored?! I, myself, do not like procrastinating. I am, however, wonderfully skilled at it! Sometimes, though, I surprise myself. But usually only in times when I REALLY feel the pressure and the anxiety about getting things done/deadlines etc.

For example, I came back to Calgary on Friday sick as a dog...but felt utterly panicked and worked like said dog on Saturday and Sunday from 9am till 11 or 12 pm both nites. On Monday, an exam was postponed (thank goodness!) and I also requested and extension for an assignment that I am nowhere near completed due to trying to complete the other gazillion assignments that I have due (which are, thankfully, near completed).

So what do I go and do after the aforementioned extensions and delays?? Of course, try to use that same work ethic that I used on Saturday and Sunday. But, nooo. I allow myself to drift off into la-la land! I mean, look at me...here I am posting away on blogspot when I should be working on my stats synopsis...I've wasted an hour or three...maybe it's burnout, maybe it's nature, maybe it's boredom, maybe it's insanity (like really, how do these universities expect you to joyfully cram all that information in a few months time!?)?! Who knows. All I know is that I gotta get on that roll again!

ugh.