Day 3...

[sarahmichelef]

...and I totally am understanding why people say this drug is crazy-making. I am sapped of all motivation. I really, REALLY need to be writing a lecture, but I just can't bring myself to do it. It doesn't help that it PAINS me to try to treat issues of race relations in the U.S. in the way that you pretty much have to in an intro class - there's just not enough TIME - teaching this class is really making me believe that the UMass way of teaching intro makes much more sense (no general intro, just topical ones - social psych, social problems, race/class/gender, etc.).

Probably also doesn't help that despite my being OH-SO-CLEVER last night and putting my pills in my purse so I wouldn't forget them this morning, I forgot them this morning. Yes, I am a GENIUS.  So I took my "after lunch" one when we got home and my "after dinner" one after dinner.  One more to take tonight, then tomorrow I'm down to 3 pills.  The hives, by the way, have not made a reappearance, so that's good.

I really think I'm just going to give up on getting lecture written tonight.  I am too fried.  We do live life at a crazy pace in my family... In October we had company for two weekends and I was out of town for five days.  November isn't going to be much less crazy... we had M's parents here last weekend; this weekend M has open house at work and then we're possibly speaking at a March of Dimes thinger Saturday afternoon (did I mention that we're signing up to be an Ambassador Family?).  Next weekend is Aethelmearc Rapier Academy and another MoD thing Friday night (Pink & Blue night at the Sabres game), and the weekend after that is already Thanksgiving!  Gah.  I also have an application for a dissertation fellowship due on the 15th (it's basically done, I'm just waiting to hear back from them with some guidance on the budget/resources end of things), and am still working on sorting out my job situation for the spring.  Oh, and I'll be applying for one full time, tenure-track position for next fall.  There's an opening locally, and I'd be stupid not to try for it.

Comments

[ellid.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine had to take Prenisone for a massive allergic reaction (she'd bathed in foaming bath salts that turned out to have cucumber extract in them...she's allergic to *everything* in the cucumber family, including most melons and some tomato varieties). Her blood pressure soared, and she nearly got into a fist fight with someone at a local diner because of increased irritability.

I'd talk to my doctor about your problems with this drug. It's very, very powerful and can be quite nasty.

[cranky-dragon.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I hope you're all better and can get off the crazy-making drugs soon. I shall amuse you (that's still partly my job, right?) with a recollection of the time you and I went to see the Matrix with Matthew and Eric H.

After the movie was over, we all looked at each other and shared our reactions.

Matthew: Man, the explosions and special effects were so great!
You: I so want to be Trinity.
Me: Be? I so want to DO Trinity.
Eric: Mmmm, Keanu...

::All three of us look at Eric like he's crazy.::

[amuntari.livejournal.com]

Ugh, wow. Always a bit frustrating when crazy schedules don't allow time for a day or two of simply staring at the wall... *hug*


Tea? :)