The Internet

Let me preface this by saying... I'm not a stalker.. but i do like to explore the Internet!
I found my picture on a random person's blog today. At least he gave photo credits.

Lurk

I think it's sometimes easy to forget that anything we put online can and will be seen and used by other people.

Lots of Info

Matt Costa at UCSD Sun God Festival '08

I'm sure everyone would like to know what has been going on in my life- especially since I haven't been blogging in a while- so I wanted to get it all out there:

I have been really sick again this quarter, unfortunately, and went to the emergency room twice, and was hospitalized once for four days. I couldn't stop throwing up, and no matter what I tried it didn't seem to help. The doctors thought they saw an intussuseption in my intestine with the CAT scan, but apparently that was intermittent, so that wasn't the cause. They ended up just medicating me and sending me home, so the problem still really isn't solved; the symptoms have just been treated. I had a neurology appointment last week, and the doctor said that it just might be a chronic sort of condition that is realated to my low blood pressure and migraines. It just really drags down my everyday life, because I have to always be monitoring my specific food intake and my multiple medicines, which tend to make me drowsy in addition. It has also been really hard with school work, but I have tried to salvage my courses as much as possible.


I guess that I can say that there are two positive things that have come of this whole experience: For one, I am better acquainted with the way things work in hospitals and am more comfortable with medical procedures. Also, because of my health conditions, I will probably never get high blood pressure in my later years!

One interesting thing that happened during my illness was a very memorable doctor's appointment at my primary care office at UCSD. I went in to complain about my condition and the emesis and dehydration, so my doctor/NP lined me up with a bag of fluids (code for a liter of IV solution) so that I could get hydrated again. My friend and roommate Linda had been shopping at CVS next door, so I called her to come in to the doctor's office and wait while I had the IV put in, just for moral support. But... I wasn't aware that she was squeamish around needles, and when the nurse stuck it in my hand, Linda turned green and passed out, hitting her head on a magazine rack on the way down! She had to be taken off by ambulance, and I couldn;t do anything because I was sitting there with the IV attached to me. What a day!! We laughed about it later, but it was kind of scary at the time : )

Tonight I just got out of my last Rotaract meeting of the year, with a certificate, yay! I have been active in the club this quarter as well, and have made closer friendships with the people involved. It has been a really good year, and I have enjoyed every minute of being in Rotaract. Hopefully, next year we will be just as good, if not better- I would like to be more active next year if that's possible.


Speaking of next year, my freshman year of college is almost up! It does not seem like it has been nearly 12 months since I graduated from high school. It might be cliche, but it seems like it was just yesterday. Maybe the years do fly by faster as you get older....


I will be moving out in less than three weeks, Friday the 13th of June, and will be back in Morgan Hill until the end of September 08. I am very sad about having to leave all the memories, fun times, and crazy moments and crazy people of the dorms. I had such an incredible time this year, and it will be a little tearful leaving behind all of this. It was really nice to have 9 other girls always around to talk to and hang out with, and knowing that if you had an emotional crisis at 4 am, that there would be friends you could commiserate with and share ice cream and pizza with. We have seen each other grow and change as people, and go through one obstacle after another, from massive exams to intoxicated mistakes to ever-present boy problems. I will really miss it!

On the other hand, the future and what it holds in store for this sumer and next year looks very promising, and I'm trying to keep a positive outlook about moving out soon. I have my apartment all set up for next fall, as you could tell from my previous posts (SO exciting!) and I will be living with 3 other girls in an apartment with a kitchen, private bathroom, and my own 10' by 12' room adjacent to the living and dining rooms. I know that one of my upstairs roommates will be Linda, but the other two we don't know of yet. I'm pretty optimistic, and hoping that the girls will be cool people. I also have picked my classes for the fall, and have a really good schedule- no Tuesday Thursday classes again. : )

Another thing that I have been enjoying is my campus church group. I started going the Unitarian Universalist youth group here on campus, and I really like it. It is an amazing place to come to every week, and I can really express myself there.

One epic even that took place this quarter was the Sun God Festival, UCSD's formerly famous all-day outdoor music festival. It was not all that I had expected, mostly just a lot of drunken people and a lot of police. I enjoyed it though. The headliners were Coheed and Cambria and Sean Kingston, with Matt Costa and Say Anything. I have lots and lots of pictures on my Flickr page if you would like to check it out.

I also had a visit from Sai; he drove down to SoCal and was able to visit for a day. We got to hang out and watch a movie, and went to dinner at Olive Garden, which I had been bugging to go to for ages. It was fun, but it will be a lot nicer to be able to spend more time together this summer! We've almost hit the 9 month anniversary of our first date (not that a dating anniversary is that important, but it has to count for something!)

Weekend visit May 17th, 08

As for now.. I really need to stop writing this and go to work on my DOC studies. I am sitting at the coffee shop on campus and am going to head over to the library to get some work done. Possible updates soon!

God is In

tunes

I totally am in love with my new headphones. The brand is SkullCandy, and i got them from the bookstore for less than 20 bucks. I think my apple headphones got stolen or something, i'm not sure. It gave me an opportunity to shop around, though, and I'm really satisfied with these. The great thing is, they're really noise-cancelling, but it means i can't hear people if they try to talk to me. great for tuning out though! : )

http://marshall.ucsd.edu/current/reslife/tour/tour_lower.php

Residence for Fall 08-Spring 09

This is where I will be living next year:
Apartment C-7
My room is room #1, on the bottom floor next to the kitchen.
Come visit all!!