A Long Lonely Duel

Sigh… These past two days, I have been fighting a lonely duel with my illness. Slowly I seem to be getting the upper hand. Saturday I had a “category five” headache throughout the day. Apparently my sinuses were mostly empty for the first time since this unfortunate calamity. So when I bend my head down, I could feel their presence. Unpleasant. Anyways we all went for a hike at Mt. Nemo that day. The walk which was supposed to be fun, was painful as my sinus kept of jarring my poor neurons. The worst parts occurred when climbing up or down the slope to the forested plateau above. I basically tried to be in good humour. However by the time I got home again, I was feeling very, very miserable. Yesterday the same misery continued, but without the headache. At first I thought it was a good sign, but then when one of my sinus became empty, the pain again cometh. So in summary these past few days I feel well… blah.

Can hardly wait for university to start up again. I really do miss it. Doing mental exercises will be a nice change, and meeting up with people again. I paid a good chunk of my courses on Friday. I kept just enough to buy books… and maybe archery equipment (if I am extremely lucky). I will need OSAP (a provincially sponsored student loan) and any scholarships I can get. I have decided against the PEY (co-op for 12-16 months) and I am going to take that statistics course. This means I will probably be out of university after next year. I just hope I can find a job after, but that is a risk I am going to have to take. Right now I have to prepare for the next semester. Set up my schedule, fish up some transportation, and look into my courses. Oh and finally get ready to work on the math website.

Anyways… since this the early morning I will see if I can get another blog entry later in the evening. Now off to take my medication (natural health supplements since the pharmaceutical stuff only caused me misery in my previous life), and try to get my wireless card working again.

A Quick Glance of Recent Events

A number of things have happened that I have neglected to mention. So here is a quick rundown:

My brother has been away at scout camp for the past 3 weeks. While he did have fun there, he also had to endure some ridiculous conditions, and messed-up leaders. I in his shoes would of bailed out as soon as I could, or protest violently. But he stuck it out. I can’t figure out why, especially since he ate very little (cause the hair-brained cooks couldn’t and wouldn’t serve his special diet foods, even thought everything was prepared in advance) and slept in awful tents, etc. Anyways he is back, and he hopes to go back there next year…

Another thing was an accident at work I had. I cut my elbow with my utility knife in an ugly fashion, and had to get stitches. Not fun. Especially not the tetanus booster shot I got. The nurse jabbed me so hard, that my shoulder and upper left arm were sore for the next three days.

Dmitri moved to a new house, so now walking to his house is no longer an option. Ewa decided to go on vacation to New York with her boyfriend, Lucas. Yes I am jealous. Domenic is off to Michigan to attend one of his college friend’s weddings. Katka is somewhere in Slovenia. Still. Rudy is working and taking a few courses. Lucky bastard. Oh and Mike Hart when not working with me at CKF, he is out partying the living daylights out of… whatever it is. And me. Well I am blogging. So that means I am home, deluded and the highlights of my day being time in front of the computer. Pathetic.

Anyways, I also went with my folks for a walk in the woods today. Mom enjoyed it. So did my brother. Me and my Dad tested positive for mosquito affinity… and counted 45 bites each… wished we stayed home. Now I am covered in red little itchy bumps. Its a Canadian thing.

Good news is that I am caught up with my blogs. So I will try to be from now on up-to-date in that section. And I filled out my OSAP application. Finally. Oh and I got sound working in Quake 3 under Linux. Yes!!! Not to mention, yesterday I kicked Rudy’s sorry ass in a round of Legends. Hehe… got you at last. 🙂

Emptiness

Another day at work. Sweat. Tiring work. Exhaustion. My only relief are the paycheck and that my normally temperamental machine functioned well, nay, flawlessly. Almost no sleep takes its toll. Damn hot humid weather.

Met a few new students… actually, they attended the same high school as me. Managed to talk to Kat from work. She seems nice enough… but I am not in the mood. Not interested in girls nowadays… nope… I think I’ll bury myself in my personal projects for awhile.

Started reading Creation Rediscovered, after a long hiatus. Figured might as well let God into my life. Can’t hurt. Might as well give Him a chance.

Great news! Finally paid off my university debt. Now I owe no one (except OSAP) anything. Have to save up for next year…

My 22nd birthday is coming up. I feel old and worn. Nothing cheers me up anymore… sigh…

Going to sleep in the basement now… maybe I will get some rest tonight. So tired.

Note: No luck. Prefer a soft bed with a soft, ambient light in warm room to a hard cot in the middle of a cool, dark basement.