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Your Forecast for Today: INSANE
Sep. 29th, 2003 11:59 pmI wish somebody could have told me that this morning; maybe if I'd been prepared for a day this weird, I'd be handling it better. I knew it was going to be pretty significant already: both my classes today were scheduled to have tests, and today was also the last opportunity to pay my latest tuition bill from Butler before being dropped from my classes. On top of that, September 29 is my half-birthday. I've always thought of that as a good thing, but today it occurred to me that it could also be said to be the day furthest from my birthday, and therefore the day least interested in my happiness.
Are you getting the impression that today was a bit crazy yet?
Probably the most unexpected event occurred shortly after school, when I thought I might be having a heart attack. I hadn't been home for even half an hour, and I had just gotten up from my game to grab a drink from the fridge when I started feeling pressure in my chest; my organs felt like they were too many in number in too small a space. The discomfort was more than I could ignore, so after convincing my mom (who'd just laid down for a nap, having had the most exhausting day at school ever) we went to the local doctor's office. Fortunately it looks like I was just dealing with a bit of arrhythmia; the doctor thought my heart might just be beating painfully fast, and the EKG suggested this was the case. It's not uncommon amongst people my age so unless it happens again, I shouldn't worry.
As long as I was at the doctor's office, they said I should take advantage of the situation and get my cholesterol checked, since they've noticed people as young as 16 with high cholesterol. This meant taking a blood sample, which is something I hate almost more than the nagging fear and discomfort of a sinus arrhythmia. The blood loss and hole in my arm made me rant and grumble all the way back to work, where apparently they've decided to start stocking California Fruit Starburst in the vending machines again. (This is probably only significant for me, so pay no attention.) Also, a half a dozen acquaintances wound up coming through my line, which was surprising. There's not usually that many.
Finally, it felt like karmic reparation that after all the bad things that happened today (lots of tests, paying cash to Butler, lots of time at work, thinking I was going to die), the games from the Annual Interactive Fiction Competition were released just as Cox stopped being iffy about my cable connection. (The past few days have been intermittently Internet-less for reasons unknown.) However, because dozens of new IF games would be much too good for today, my computer has started resetting itself after being on for five minutes. The times this has happened before, it's just been a loose plug. All the plugs are fine this time. I really hope it's not a bad wire inside the case, since I don't want to open it up and see... maybe I'll just go to bed and hope it fixes itself.
Are you getting the impression that today was a bit crazy yet?
Probably the most unexpected event occurred shortly after school, when I thought I might be having a heart attack. I hadn't been home for even half an hour, and I had just gotten up from my game to grab a drink from the fridge when I started feeling pressure in my chest; my organs felt like they were too many in number in too small a space. The discomfort was more than I could ignore, so after convincing my mom (who'd just laid down for a nap, having had the most exhausting day at school ever) we went to the local doctor's office. Fortunately it looks like I was just dealing with a bit of arrhythmia; the doctor thought my heart might just be beating painfully fast, and the EKG suggested this was the case. It's not uncommon amongst people my age so unless it happens again, I shouldn't worry.
As long as I was at the doctor's office, they said I should take advantage of the situation and get my cholesterol checked, since they've noticed people as young as 16 with high cholesterol. This meant taking a blood sample, which is something I hate almost more than the nagging fear and discomfort of a sinus arrhythmia. The blood loss and hole in my arm made me rant and grumble all the way back to work, where apparently they've decided to start stocking California Fruit Starburst in the vending machines again. (This is probably only significant for me, so pay no attention.) Also, a half a dozen acquaintances wound up coming through my line, which was surprising. There's not usually that many.
Finally, it felt like karmic reparation that after all the bad things that happened today (lots of tests, paying cash to Butler, lots of time at work, thinking I was going to die), the games from the Annual Interactive Fiction Competition were released just as Cox stopped being iffy about my cable connection. (The past few days have been intermittently Internet-less for reasons unknown.) However, because dozens of new IF games would be much too good for today, my computer has started resetting itself after being on for five minutes. The times this has happened before, it's just been a loose plug. All the plugs are fine this time. I really hope it's not a bad wire inside the case, since I don't want to open it up and see... maybe I'll just go to bed and hope it fixes itself.
