low grade fever, and category II chest pain

hello there,

I feel awful... i woke up four times last night covered in sweat.. so much so, that i had to move over to the opposite side of my bed,, and grab my extra blanket off the floor...

nevertheless,, (yes that is one word) i would wake up an hour later and once again need to switch sides, and pillow and blanket..

awful... I actually felt a little better today.. but then about an hour before i got out of school the illness returned.. I can't recall a time when I've felt like this... I should probably surf on over to webmd and jump on the symptom checker..


oh and yes,, if you were wondering,, I always keep an extra blanket in my floor, next to the bed.. just in case it gets too cold in the night.. and no, it's not neatly folded on the floor,, more like nonchalantly tossed on the ground.. and usually subtly disclosing the location of my television remote,, or wallet,, or keys...

what else is in my floor, you might ask?? well let's see... currently there is a pair of jeans and t-shirt that i wore yesterday... they fall into that category of: not dirty enough to throw in the hamper, but not clean enough to wear to school... most likely I'll wear them again tomorrow after work.. also, there are three notebooks piled up by the wall on top of an electronics text book.. all of which, are left overs from last semester.. I meant to sell the book,, but figured it's too late now,, everyone who is looking for an electronics book has already found one,, or they really don't care about passing their class.. one texas rangers hat,, a belt (actually the belt is hanging over the back of my chair, which is in front of my extra dresser,, which doubles as my makeshift desk) one brand new copy of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", a bible, one iphone, and a pair of basketball shorts i wore the other night that didn't quite make it in the hamper.. there's some irony for you,,, after returning from a highly competitive pick-up basketball game, i couldn't even successfully throw my shorts into the hamper from across the room..



well,, i had actually set out to write a blog about the crazy dreams i've been having,,, but i never seem to stay on track.. story of my life..

maybe next time.

oh,, and side note: I could really use a desk.. like an actual desk. so that my legs can slide under the table top, and i can sit up straight and read or type or whatever.. and my back won't someday look like a fishing hook from all this hunching over.. so,, somebody make that happen...

christmas break

well well well... i suppose it's been a while..

I would like to say that i've been so busy on my christmas break that i just couldn't find the time to write... but that would be a lie.. actually i haven't been doing much of anything... besides spending money,, laying around, occasionally working out,, buying books but not reading them,, looking at my guitars but not playing them,, etc. etc...

i did travel to arkansas for a wedding though.. I actually had a whole blog worked out in my head to dedicate solely to that trip,, but it's all gone now... i will say that it was a nice drive,, and that i saw a carnival tent set up on the highway that appeared to have people living out of it.. quite a sight..

and then there was new years eve.. I got to see ghostland observatory again.. as usual,, they put on a bad ass show.. pretty cool environment too,, and i used the occasion to showcase my new blazer (one of the christmas presents for myself)... however afterward I fell asleep on a train and ended up in south dallas.. at 3 am... stranded.. the cab companies were so busy that they wouldn't even talk to you on the phone... We almost had to sleep in a hospital lobby,, but eventually a cab did stop,, and we did make it back to our hotel..

and now,, here i sit.. a week away from my next semester,, flat broke,, wondering how i'm going to pay for books.. and how i'll make it through the semester without starving.. or strangling one of my roommates.. last semester at this time i had four thousand dollars saved up to survive the following three months of part-time wages... currently i have seven hundred... but hey,, i always seem to find a way to pull through... I should mention that there is a brand new engine sitting in my garage, that came with a hefty price tag.. perhaps i should have thought that one over a little while longer..

i think my mood is a little sour today,,, perhaps due to the fact that it's monday and i didn't get to work.. as i was driving to the office this morning i received a call from my superior, who stated that the roads were bad and we were going to wait a couple hours to go in... as he was saying this, i was traveling down the highway at approximately 70 miles per hour.. no ice or snow in sight.. but i said "ok" and turned around... i proceeded to snooze on the couch and wait for the call to go in,, which never came... to make matters worse i would have been on overtime today because our pay period ends on monday and i had worked a full day saturday...

oh well...

speaking of saturday,, i played disc golf for the first time in probably 7 years... it doesn't just come right back like one might expect... but it was still fun.. think i'll start playing again..

anyhow,, i think i'm going to curl up with a book.. one of the many i've bought over the past month with full intentions of reading before the semester starts...


and yes,, i'm aware that this blog is really lack-luster... no grand ideas or jokes. but hey,, they can't all be award winners..