More Mono

I'm sitting in bed right now, with my mommy sleeping on the floor. She has flown down to take care of me and i really appreciate it! We went to the doctor's today to go over my lab results and talk about a plan of action. She told me that I need to drink more water and that I also have some hepatitis. Basically- all my organs are swollen! kind of scary.... Right now I just feel really tired and yucky. Hopefully this won't last forever!
I am going to go see a counselor tomorrow to see about my classes, so wish me luck- my perfect schedule will probably have to get changed around, and i'm also not supposed to take more than 12 or 14 units. hmm.... just when you think you have everything figured out, life throws you for a loop!
I hope everyone is having a good week- TGIF!

Hi Family!

I regret the fact that I have not posted in the past week or more- here goes my excuse: I have mono!
I however have put up all the pictures from Thanskgiving as well as the week I got to enjoy with my family, so please check out my Flickr website. I'm currently just staying in bed, sleeping a lot, and getting up to go to class and then coming back and napping. I have a really good doctor here at the Student Health Center, and she is really concerned and caring. I had a throat culture yesterday, which confirmed the results , and then this morning I went in for a blood test and that other one that I won't mention on the Internet! : )
Good news- my doctor said that I was the happiest patient with mono that she had ever seen.. hopefully that means I will get over this soon! Now it makes sense why I have been ill for so long, though.
I hope everyone has a good week- if anyone gets bored, give me a call- I'll be snuggling in bed : )

PS- I never realized how bad daytime TV is! lol

Song stuck in my head!

Tomorrow afternoon I leave for home!
I'm flying out of San Diego International Airport and flying into SFO.

I just got through watching a movie called Fire, by Indian director Deepa Mehta- we had to watch one of her other movies, Earth, for my literature class, so I wanted to watch more. It was a really good movie, but really intense.
A guy from across the hall came over with a stack of CDs for me to burn on my computer, including the Across the Universe soundtrack, which I've been listening to nonstop. Maybe putting the lyrics down will help me get it out of my head:

Words are flying out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting thorough my open mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which
dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my open ears
exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva

Saturday Evening

This morning, I took a rec class on floral design. I got to bring the products home, and these are the creations I made:

It was really fun.
Other than that, I've been trying to sleep off my infection, with no luck! I went to bed yesterday at 4 pm and slept until 9 am this morning. However, I still have persistent acute all-over body aches that feel like bone pain, a slight fever that makes me hot all the time, and severe congestion. I just want to get better!!!!! : (
Hopefully a trip home will be just the cure.... It will be strange to be back in Morgan Hill again. It will be great to see the family- and I can't wait to hang out with the Peet's crew again!

Some real food will be nice too! ; )

Study Study Study

I'm sitting at Oceanview Terrace, using their wi-fi, and eating some popcorn shrimp. I've definitely learned the improtance of multi-tasking from college. Especially this week- I had three midterms and a ten-page paper due today. I have also learned how to get by on little sleep and lots of studying! : ) I had a calculus midterm this morning at 8, and then I spent the last half hour in my TA's office hours, discussing racial triangulation, liberal individualism, structural inequality, and the possessive investment in whiteness. whew- now, another lecture and then a chem midterm. Wish me luck!! on the quarter system here, midterms begin in the third week and continue through the week before finals. No wonder this school has a reputation for being socially dead- I can see now why, because everyone(including me) is so driven to study, all the time. As it looks now, I need to spend all Thanksgiving break reading and studying, in order to get a grasp on the material.
This is all partly because of the week that we missed out on of school, because of the fires.
I know, I seem like I'm complaining, but i think i'm just getting adjusted to the academic rigor. The thing is, I am really enjoying being in this environment, and I love learning. I started planning out my classes for next quarter:
I need to take BILD 1, the first course of biology
Chem 6B, second qurter chemistry
DOC 2, DImensions of Culture in Justice
and MUS 15, country music

Here is a quick snapshot of my tentative schedule:

care package yum~

I received a care package in the mail today from my awesome aunt Kelly! Enough popcorn to last me for awhile- or at least to live on when I run out of meal points! : )
Here are some pictures of the bounty:
(One package was pillaged by a hungry roomate, but there were originally 12 boxes)
Care packages are so cool! I feel so loved : )


Thanks so much Aunt Kelly!!!!

Pictures from Saturday

These pictures are from a Rotary club event on Saturday. We drove about an hour and a half into the mountains, to the area where the San Diego wildfires devastated the land. We mostly made sandbags or cleaned up debris. The area where we were working used to be a giant lake, but completely evaporated.

It's a Monday, but it feels like a Sunday

This past week, I have been pretty busy. After last weekend's exhausting but fun work in Tijuana, I had a full week of classes, and one midterm. I went to several Rotaract meetings this week, and was appointed Professional Development Director for the club. This entails coordinating a mentor program with the local Del Mar and La Jolla Rotary Clubs, and setting up guest speakers for our meetings. It should be fun, and hopefully a lot of networking will develop. I relapsed into my respiratory infection this week as well (for those of who weren't aware, I was sick for about three weeks with a respiratory and sinus infection that i went to the clinic and got anitbiotics for), because as soon as i finished the previous round of medication, i felt myself becoming sick again. This time it was worse, however, and had spread to my ears as well. I went to the student clinic again, and the NP put me on a different, stronger antibiotic, as well as a psuedophedrine combo pill that is supposed to knock the mucus out of me! (too much info, i know!)
I am slowly beginning to feel better, so hopefully I don't relapse again when I finish these mediciations.
Today, I have been planning my classes for next quarter, and doing some Third World studies reading and analyzing; i have a midterm tomorrow morning at 8. I have been thinking about becoming a third world studies minor, but i'm not completely sure yet.
I also finally reclaimed my TV (that my sister so generously let me borrow) from the common room, and bought myself a DVD player at Wal-mart yesterday. One of my friends from chemistry drove me and a group of friends to wal-mart, so i stocked up on the essentials like two cases of bottled water, instant oatmeal, and boxes of cereal. The DVD player is really cool, and now i can watch my Netflix movies and type essays at the same time. : )
By the way, does anyone know a way that you can somehow watch Netflix movies on a Mac? the website just tells me that my system is not compatible. Thanks!
I hope everyone had a good Veteran's Day holiday

My day in Tijuana

Yesterday, I went with some members of the UCSD Rotaract Club to work on building a house in Tijuana, Mexico. It was hard work, but rewarding, and very eye-opening. I won't write more about it here, because I have all the pictures and details on my Flickr website, please visit:

Acacia's Tijuana pictures

Friday night

Hey everyone! I need to blog more.. you need more updates!
I just got home from my chemistry class, i decided to go to the 6 pm lecture instead of my usual 3pm one. I've been learning much more about the way my brain works, and subsequently the best times of night and day to study or have class. I went to my academic advisor earlier this week, and she helped me come up with a four year plan for UCSD. I'm really excited now about the classes i get to take. This coming quarter, i need to take a fine arts course, and there are so many to choose from- it's so awesome going to a huge university!
Here are some recent pictures, from halloween, as well as with my new camera that i absolutely love. It's a Canon Powershot SD1000.