11/09/2005: "The joys of doctors offices.."

What's this? Who now? Oh.. right. Yeah, I'm still alive. First and foremost, for those that have called me recently, during the day my phone's silent and in my backpack and at night, I don't often remember to drag it out and put it up and when I do, I may not be in the room when it rings.. so, sorry I haven't been picking up lately.

I haven't been sleeping very well as of late for some reason or another. Stress, I'm sure, is a factor. Babies crying at all hours adds to it. Might also be coming down with a cold/sickness of some sorts, which is definitely not fun. So, basically, I'm tired and don't feel good. Not a splendid combination.

Went to the doctor today to get a flu vaccination (gah.. my right arm is incredibly sore right now. As for the shot itself, didn't really bother me. At this point, I'm rather desensitized to the whole experience) and get checked out for the whole "hit by a car" thing. Apparently no fractures, breaks, or anything too bad. The sore/stiffness in the back and neck are probably due to strained muscles, so it should work itself out soon enough. Until then, I have some form of.. anti-inflammatories (I think), or somesuch. I rather don't care for taking medicines, personally.. but if it'd help, I guess I should.

Have a Japanese exam on next Tuesday, so I'm hoping to meet with some people this weekend to practice a bit and ask some questions. Otherwise, the class is going well enough. Did well on both kanji tests (despite having only studied on the car-ride there and half out of my mind on perscription pain killers last for the first test), so I'm not too worried. However, I've recently learned that we'll have to do a presentation in Japanese (which I thought was called off). Not good. At least it's only 2.5-3 minutes (minimum, going over is encouraged) and I can work alone (last class was 7 minutes and I had to work with someone). Not sure what I want to do yet, but since I don't care for free-talking, I was thinking of a re-enactment of "Empire Strikes Back" (from Star Wars). Just for the cool factor of being able to exclaim "raitoseibaa.. ga hoshii!" ([I] want [the] lightsaber), and other pointless lines (obviously, I'd need to have "Ruuku.. watashi wa anata no otousan dayo." [Luke, I am your father.]). Haven't decided on anything yet.. I still have time (Dec. 6th). I'll figure it out later.

Otherwise, still sore, still tired, and life is moving on pretty much as it usually does. In my spare time, I've been playing alot of games (mostly "GTA:LCS" [PSP], "Earthbound" [SNESemu on PSP], "StarWars Battlefront II" [Xbox], and "FFXI" [PC]), reading when I can, or making myself go through 80+ flash cards over and over on the long bus rides (I'll be adding 30 more kanji to the stack next week.. blah. But retention rate's still pretty good, which is definitely hard for kanji).

Need to update MN tonight.. been alive for 5 whole years. Pretty impressive, I must say.

I need to run to class about.. now. I'll write later, then..


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