i have been sick for like the past two weeks.  i don’t know what’s wrong with me…and since my “insurance” covers basically the school nurse and emergency visits, I haven’t seen a doctor.  So my throat and lungs have been itching like crazy…to the point that it makes me gag, cuz it feels like there’s something in there.  I also have to sleep with my head elevated such that I’m almost sitting upright.  And even that doesn’t prevent the mid-night coughing fits that wake me up and leave me unrested.  And let’s not forget the headaches and congestion….especially in my ears…I feel like i’m on a plane 24/7.  And i THINK i have a slight fever…but i can’t tell cuz i don’t have a thermometer.   Mebbe i shoulda gotten the influenza vaccine….actually,  the vaccine won’t really work this year anyway, vecause they guessed the incorrect strain of influenza to vaccinate people with….hence the deaths.  So all my symptoms point to either pneumonia or AIDS or leukemia.  great. j/k I have no idea what I have.  Based on what M said, i think it’s  just a bad respiratory viral infection, for which there is no treatment except rest and fluids…neither of which i have access to.

i WANT TO GET BETTER….especially by New Year’s….but then again, a little alcohol is good for the cold.  So i’ll make myself MUCH MUCH better!!! Cheers!

Yknow what really sucks? Having to work the day shift the three days RIGHT after finals end.  So after having not slept for nearly a week…i had to get up at 5:45 AM….that’s right AM….in order to get to work by 7 AM. SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS….I’m like a zombie right now…i hope i don’t kill anyone…..I JUST KID…I am good….besides the pharmacist double checks..tee hee…and i haven’t gotten anything wrong yet!

BUT…over the past two days, Bawston has frozen over like antartica.  Those huge mounds of snow are now huge mounds of ice…and of course the little streams that melted off are now patches of BLACK ICE.  That makes for very trecherous walking conditions. 

SOOO…yesterday, as i was walking to the train station, i was standing on a corner, waiting for the light to change.  And i’m just standing there…and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, my feet slip out from under me, but since i was standing sideways on a hill, i fall down on my right side.  like FLAT…AND i had my hands in my pocket, so i couldn’t even reach out to break the fall…so i just fell over…like a log.  SOOOO embarrassing.  and of course i look to see if anyone saw.  And OF COURSE there was a whole line of cars all waiting for the light…and they were ALL staring at me.  FINKIN A.  i hate when that happens.  And it hurt a lot too…but i had to pretend it was like nothing….

The passions “concert” is on TV!!!!

so this week is finals week….and when I take an exam, i tend to move around a lot…all part of my ADD.  And so today, I’m taking an exam…and all of a sudden, my bra feels weird.  And i’m trying to figure out why it feels so weird….and then I realize…with all my fiegetting, the clasp had  come undone….AND I was wearing a white shirt.  So i had to take the rest of the exam hunched over like quasimodo.  Finkin A

Maybe I should’ve called the teacher over to…ahem….ask him a question…..and get a few extra points.  HAHAHAHAHAHA.  I am JUST KIDDING…..I’m asian….I wouldn’t really get extra points for that …

I just LOVE it when it snows 25inches the weekend before finals. It’s even better when people don’t shovel the sidewalk, even though they are legally obligated to.  And even BETTER is when the same people are so selfish as to ONLY shovel the snow from their driveways ONTO the already unshoveled sidewalks.  So just imagine knee high snow punctuated by mounds of waist high snow whenever a driveway intersects the sidewalk.  Now imagine walking in that in what you thought were your almost invincible Timbs…not the short ankle ones…the taller 6″ almost halfway up my calf ones…yeah…the height made no difference.

SHOVEL THE FINKIN SNOW, PEOPLE…and put the snow where people don’t walk

so people have been asking where i meet these WONDERFULLY tolerant individuals.  Lemme tell you, almost everyone here is like that.  THey just automatically assume you don’t speak english.  For example, i was standing on a street corner with this old lady (like literally a senior citizen) waiting to cross the street.  And this car pulls up, filled with young blong girls…and they ask the OLD LADY if she knew where H&M was.  Ok…if you saw two females standing around…one that is approximately your age and wearing clothes that were pretty similar to yours…and another that could be your grandma and wearing clothes that were pretty similar to your grandma’s, which female would you ask for directions to a trendy clothing store.  OH, definitely not the ASIAN one.  SO of course the old lady doesn’t know…and then they were like oh…and drove away…and since i knew that H&M was just a block away, i knew they were driving the WRONG WAY…hahaha suckas.

Another example of infuriating people I meet…this one’s not so much local to boston, this could probably be found anywhere.  So at work, when i deliver narcotic drugs, i need a nurse to sign a sheet saying that I did indeed put away how ever many units of that drug…basically to make sure that i’m not having a GOOD TIME at home.  So i get the the nurses stations, and I see this woman in scrubs, with her back to me…and she looks like the only health care professional around.  Keep in mind that physicians, residents AND nurses all wear scrubs, so it’s hard to distinguish one from another.  So I ask the woman very politley, “excuse me, are you a nurse?”  And she turns around and I see her double diaphragm stethescope, so i knew she was probably a physician and she VERY RUDELY replied, “NO (in the snottiest way you can imagine) I am NOT a nurse…I’m a DOCTOR” and turns back around.

Luckily, the receptionist was a nice girl around my age, and she overheard the whole conversation and called a nurse for me.  And then the receoptionist and I proceeded to make fun of the DOCTOR loud enough for her to hear.  hahaha…ok not very professional…but who did she think she was? How the heck was I supposed to tell that she was a doctor from the back.  I felt like putting a “I’m a doctor, kick me” sign on her back. 

so of course i am sick the week before finals.  OF COURSE.  I dunno what i have…but it’s just general malaise.  So I took some Tylenol Cold and Flu (with a big “non-drowsy” printed on the box) and hauled myself off to class.  I get through two classese (that’s three hours total) and i’m still symptomatic….AND…and i’m finkin DROWSY AND nauseas.  I felt totally dizzy..when i stood up to go to the bathroom, i almost fell over.  So I skipped out of afternoon lectures and head over to CVS to get some trusted DayQuil.  And then the following conversation ensued between the seedy cashier and I:

Cashier: hello…so, where are you from? Thailand? 
Me: i’m from new york
Cashier: but what is your ancestry…where are you parents from
Me: Taiwan
Cashier: OH, so you’re chinese
Me: taiwanese
Cashier: Same thing
Me: no, it’s different (thinking he was aware of the recent political events)
Cashier: No, same thing (then he proceeds to pull the corners of his eyes up!!!!!)
Me: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? That is NOT what we are
Cashier: (realizing that I was pissed off) Oh, but i LOVE this girl (pointing at a magazine cover of lucy liu) She is so beautiful.
Me: yeah, much more beautiful than white girls (i snatched my bag and left)

UUUUUUUUUUGH. he did the SLANTY EYE thing at me.  and THAILAND? where did he get that from? like he would be able to tell the difference.  Finkin redneck racist bostonian.

And the other day at work, i was training, so i did rounds with this vietnamese woman.  And she got asked, “oh, is this your sister?” (keep in mind that this woman is in her forties).  we both replied no. And then the guy goes, “oh….yes, i notice now that you (pointing at the vietnamese woman) are 100% oriental…and you (pointing at me) are only 50% oriental because you are also 50% white”.