End Theme - Zero 7

This music conjures up images of ballerinas in my mind... I think it would make for a pretty dramatic choreography. Too bad I am not a choreographer or a dancer.

It's getting closer!

I just called the College of Massage Therapists (the regulatory body for massage therapists in British Columbia) to ask them if they had a date set for the September board examinations! Sure I only called and left a message but the idea of having a set date for when I write my board examinations is very exciting!

I caught the sick!

I sure did! I was so proud of myself because I had managed to fight any sickness that came my way... until Saturday. Looking back, it started during the day. While at school, I was cuddled up in my fleece blanket and I was totally out of it all day. That night I was supposed to go out for Dawson's birthday but I made it as far as my friends place and we decided to rent movies and hang out instead. I tried to ignore the itch in my throat but after a quick nap while watching the movie, I woke up feeling as if I'd swallowed a cheese grater! Damn!
The following day started off slowly. I felt weak but figured it was just the lack of food. By 1 I was back in bed and had a good two hour nap. I woke from that feeling like my body was no longer my own. I barely had enough strength to make it upstairs to get water and my grip was too weak to open the cough syrup bottle. I dragged myself downstairs and settled in to watch House MD. I barely had enough muscle strength to get up and pee. It was astounding. It reminded me of when I had mono. When laying down and immobile you feel relatively fine but then when you try to move, you're too weak to move. Your head feels like it's going to burst because for some reason it really hurts! So you lay down again, hoping that the next time you decide to move that it will be less painful.
I started burning up at about 7 and then buried myself under more blankets and turned on the heater in my room. Relieved by this new symptom, fever, I knew I was getting over the worst of it. In bed and asleep by 8, I sweat it out feeling thoroughly disgusting but glad that I was not throwing up and that my body was strong.
Today I feel generally weak. Standing for more then 2 minutes is out of the question, using any strength is not an option. I can sit up though and have a bit more of an appetite (4 triscuits vs 2). I also have a renewed appreciation for my body. It's awesome that I've managed to not get sick for as long as I have. I am also quite impressed as to how quickly this sick is passing. Hopefully with an other nap and early to bed I'll be able to tackle school tomorrow.

Wednesday morning tragedy

For the past couple of weeks there has been a spider in my shower. I am not afraid of spiders and he wasn't causing a problem so I let him do his thing while I was taking my shower. Most of the time he'd hide away from the water and come out once I was done showering. Mr. Spider was pretty harmless and good company. Once he got in the way of a water jet and I picked him up to move him out of the way and he bit me! It hurt! My finger throbbed for an hour or so. Bad Mr. Spider! I learnt my lesson and didn't mess with Mr. Spider afterwards. He also seemed to have learned to stay out of the way of the water.
Until today. Poor Mr. Spider fell into the tub and started to drown (well I imagined he was drowning... it's hard to tell, I've never seen a spider drown)! Noticing this I scooped him out of the water and put him on dry ground. The water on my hand made for a little water slide and he slipped back into the tub. I saved him again. He bit me. I put him back on dry ground hoping he wouldn't fall back in. He lay there... motionless :( Mr. Spider was dead. Not having a clue as to how to resuscitate a spider, I left him there until I finished getting ready and still nothing.
So now I lost my shower buddy and I have a throbbing finger. I am actually kind of sad that this little spider is dead. I think it's time for me to get a cat :P

Organization is my middle name!

Level 600 is all about review! Here we get to revisit what we were taught WAAAYYY back in level 100! Luckily I've kept everything and it's all separated by level. I've decided to reorganize though. I've decided to have 6 binders. Two for manual modalities, one for Anatomy and Physiology, one for pathology, one for professional development and hydrotherapy and the last one for everything else. I had to go through all of my paperwork to write down the classes and chapters that I've studied while at UA. I then used my trusty white board (an anal organizer's best friend!) to sort everything out. I would have colour coded it too except I only have 3 colours for the whiteboard :p

May the review begin!

Smarter then the average bear!

Today I started my last term at Utopia Academy! I don't think it's really sunk in that this is my last term... I'm terribly excited though. I have returned to school with more determination then when I left... which is good because I was quite determined before I went for break. I am sure some of this will wear off because it's only the first day back but it's encouraging!
We got our marks back from some of the assignments and... I rock :P Yep! I am just going to toot my own horn for a while now because... hey I worked hard :) Out of 6 assignments/finals that were handed back to me I got 100% on three of them!! My lowest mark was 78% which isn't too shabby! I read over most of my work and at times I was amazed that I wrote what I did... Apparently I am really smart when I apply myself :P Some answers I read over and was like "wow I knew that?!" Ok enough horn tooting!
Time to do the laundry I didn't do last night, start on an assignment or two and work on organizing things for review!

Dreams of travel

Ever have a dream that lasts all night long? Last night I had one of those and it was so awesome. I dreamt that I was traveling throughout Asia! The reason I dreamt this was probably because Asia has been a hot topic of conversation in the past couple of weeks. With a new found friend who's planning on going to China in September and my cousin who's going to travel it in May... Asia is everywhere.
Before bed I snuck a peek at Free & Easy Traveler. This is a company that specializes in travel between the Philippines, Thailand and Nicaragua. Like you're typical group travel... you meet fellow travellers there and travel with them... I believe the accommodation and some of the activities are planned for you as well. My cousin is going to do the 101-day odyssey (a 40-day Philippines trip with a 40-day Thailand trip and finally a 20-day Laos, Thailand and Cambodia adventure.). Unfortunately she's going in May... otherwise I would be on a plane to join her in the Philippines. Sure 101 days would have me back in September just in time to write my board exams... the only thing is I kind of have to study for them! :P Maybe I can do this in May 2010... who knows. I am usually not a fan of group travel because it often ends up being a booze and fuck fest and that's not why I travel. If I want to booze and fuck I can stay in Vancouver.
Anyways dreaming of travel was amazing. Especially when certain people who have become a larger part of my life are in it. Maybe I can continue my travel adventure tonight.... I am kind of looking forward to going to sleep.