Well, I'm here now and much better than before! Ugh...being sick was an absolute nightmare and honestly couldn't have happened at a worse time in the semester. :( It took two weeks, two doctor appointments, and an antibiotics to get back to being myself. I think the sinus infection isn't entirely gone, though... :-/ All I have to say is that I still hold to my feelings that I HATE doctors and that I NEVER want to be sick EVER again. =P Not a fan. These past 3 weeks have been not my grandest.
My first semester of graduate school is complete (just submitted my final essay!) and [hopefully] with great success. Apparently, I don't actually receive my grades till the first week of January, which is totally lame, but whatever. I feel pretty good about all my exams and my work this semester. I have learned so much, and honestly, I feel like I struck gold coming here. I am so grateful for my wonderful voice teacher and professors, to be in such a wonderful city, and to be doing what I love. :) When I was so sick I was barely functioning, I saw just how caring and supporting my colleagues and professors are, and I am so blessed to have such people in my life. They were constantly checking on me to see how I was feeling and knew just how ill I was because I really wasn't myself and wasn't bouncing around. My diction professor wouldn't even let me climb the stairs to get a paper from his office...he made me sit downstairs, and he brought it to me! Being "miss independent," I told him I wasn't an invalid! haha! Then, because I wasn't feeling the holiday spirit because I was so out of it, he randomly started playing Christmas carols on the piano for me in diction class the next week. Oh, that crazy man! I have to thank him for that, though.
I'm certainly in the holiday spirit now, though! hehe! I am like Buddy the Elf...I walk around with a bag full of Christmas candy, which I have insisted on calling "Christmas cheer," and passing it out to people. Yes, I am totally ridiculous. But it makes people smile! And that makes me smile. :)
I have to say, though, that Christmas shopping seems to be giving me the Christmas grumps this year. :( Why is it so stressful?! It's supposed to be fun! I'm the type of person that wants to get just the right gift for each person, though, and that is actually so hard! I have been looking for Eiffel Tower stationary all over this city, and everyone looks at me like I asked them to put the moon in a jar for me. Seriously. I didn't think that Paris-themed notebooks were that bizarre of a request...they are always EVERYWHERE...except when I want them for a gift.
I fly home in TWO DAYS for the holidays!! EEEK! I really love Boston, but after these rough past few weeks, I am ready for a bit of country time, where I don't have to do everything myself for at least a few days. My stuff is almost packed...as soon as I get back to Beantown, I am moving into my new place! HALLELUJAH! (No more crazies in my life, please!) Coming back is going to be a little nomadic and probably a bit tense, but I think it will be worth it. ;) For now, though, I need to practice, copy music for my new pianist (oh, yeah...my wonderful pianist is leaving me! AH! Sad day! But, we are going to continue coaching language and such over the phone, which is really sweet of her. Plus, I also snatched up another wonderful pianist, so life is still good.), finish my Christmas shopping (fingers crossed!), and go to work tonight. Tomorrow is laundry, finishing up my packing, voice lesson, dinner with my friend Rachael, and then I am trying to persuade my friend Francesco into going to the new Muppet movie with me. Muahaha! ;)
Also, I have been dying to post this photo...
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| I love it! And I want those gnomes!!! hehe! |
glad you're feeling better
ReplyDeletefor what it's worth, i used to get sinus infections but haven't had one in over a year 'cause i think it's because i started taking olive leaf extract
bonne chance with the eiffel tower stationary