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yesterday was… ridiculous.

so i drove back to houston on sunday to clean out the marshall house and finish up my freaking root canal on monday…. sunday night, my throat started to feel a little sore. when i woke up on monday, i felt AWFUL. as in, TOTALLY GROSS. as in, Nasty McNastyton.

so i got up, took a shower and had some oatmeal with strawberries (yay for my mom who cooks me breakfast). we (my� mom and i) got on the road for my 9 AM dentist appointment on kirby, and, since we’re coming from the northwest side, this means lots of traffic. heaps and heaps of cars. so, we’re crawling along, listening to npr, and i start to feel extremely nauseous. nausea really is one of the most uncomfortable feelings in the entire world. i grab a plastic bag from the backseat, dump out all contents, and proceed to throw up my breakfast. cos of the strawberries, my vomit was pink. weird but cool. of course the bag had a HOLE in it, so vomit began leaking all over my pants and seat. talk about disgusting. so my mom took the next exit, and we threw the bag into a dumpster at taco bell. i also put on the shorts i’d brought for house cleaning, so that i wouldn’t have to smell like puke all day. yum.

we made it to the dentist a little late…but dr. chu (i know, funny) was late anyway, so it didn’t matter. what DID matter is that when dr. chu�took the crown (which cost me at least $500) off my tooth for the root canal, the porcelain chipped. what does this mean? THE SAGA ISN’T OVER. why am i surprised? i’ve been to this guy’s office 6 times in the last month… and i have to go back. again. UGH. fortunately, he could sense my extreme aggravation and gave me a temporary crown which will last up to 6 months. AND i don’t have to pay for the new crown. damn straight, dr. chu.

another one of the most uncomfortable feelings in the world is getting a root canal while you feel really sick and yr throat hurts and you just vomitted. awesome.

then my mom and i met up with kendall to clean up our old house. it looked SO weird, all empty. everything i said echoed, emphasizing the hollow, lonely feeling. we totally busted ass and could put merry maids out of business, i swear. the house, i’m ashamed to say, has never been cleaner than it was after we finished. i still felt pretty gross the whole time, but made myself feel better by imagining that i was cinderalla as i scrubbed the stairs (the hilary duff version, of course).

after a quick lunch at whole foods (my appetite can’t be surpressed for long, as many of you know), my mom and i went to the doctor. in a way, it’s great that i got sick while in houston cos all of my insurance stuff is for houston offices. amazingly, i didn’t have to wait very long (really, this is a miracle) for the doctor to tell me… i have a virus. and there is no prescription that can help me. i just have to rest and drink lots of fluids. and maybe take some sudafed and alleve. the final insult came when she handed me a printout entitled, “how to fight the common cold”. THIS AIN’T NO COMMON COLD, dr. lame-o pants. i’m serious. having a cold means blowing yr nose sometimes. i’m blowing my nose all of the time (attractive, i know) and my throat is KILLING me and i feel tired and woozy even after sleeping 9 hours.

to all of my med school friends, i want some answers. at the very least, one of you should dedicate yr career to finding a cure for the “common cold”, otherwise known as “extreme grossness involving a mucous invasion of the body and�tiny gnomes�rubbing sandpaper on the throat”.�ewww.

so my stay in h-town has been extended cos at this point i don’t think i can make the drive. plus, my parents are taking care of me which i LURVE. nobody remind me that i’m 25, ok?! my dad even came home from work for lunch and brought me chicken noodle soup. i am seriously blessed with the ‘rents. and it’s nice to invade my mom’s pantry… and watch the olymipcs cos they have actual tv channels… and of course, catch up on xanga.

the downside is that being sick makes me feel worse about not having a job. i keep thinking that i’m losing valuable job search days, although i am using the internet here… didn’t really find much today. it’s just really discouraging. of course, if i *did* have a job, i’d be sitting at a desk feeling *really* lousy. but… i’d be getting paid. that would be nice.

at any rate, i’m just trying to relax and enjoy hanging out with my mom and dad. if i had a job, i wouldn’t be able to do this… so i’m going to appreciate it.

ok, i’m off to find more kleenex. yuck. damn you, “common cold”. and yr little gnomes, too.