So I went to the eye clinic.. that was an experience. I filled out a bunch of paperwork, I waited a really long time, and then finally, I was taken back to the examination room where I was asked a bunch of questions, then told to wait longer, and then an eye doctor came in and looked at my eyes. She put some numbing stuff in my eyes. I couldn't feel a thing and it was interesting.
Well it turns out that I have a sty in my eye that got infected. Yuck. So I had to get some antibiotic cream and I have to put a hot compress on my eye like... 6 times a day. So yeah. It's nothing to worry over.
That appointment is costing me almost $400. Boo. I can't afford that. I'll probably only make $600 by the time school lets out and I have other expenses I have to pay for each month too.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Grossness.
You're probably going to hate seeing
this. Last night my eye was irritated like I had an eyelash or something in it, so I was rubbing it when I realized that my eyelid was really tender to touch so I went to look in the mirror to see if there was something in my eye and I found a large red, pussy, oozing bump. yep. Check out the picture.
Lovely... huh? And as you can see, my eye is very bloodshot, and you can even see the spot where the puss was oozing out. (and I even cleaned it before I took the picture because it was driving me nuts and itching and hurting)
so... My eyelid is also swollen and puffy, but it's not terrible, I can still see out of it. My vision gets a little blurry when my eye starts to water.
Also right underneath my eye is a little raw and sore because I don't want to touch my eye, but it's like I have a stream of tears so I keep wiping it.
I went to the nurse to see what she recommended (will it go away? or do I need to get to a doctor ASAP?) I have an appointment for tomorrow morning at 10:30 at an eye specialist clinic. I hope it doesnt cost too much money. Bethel's insurance will only cover $80. I'll also probably get an antibiotic.... I dont have the money for this right now.
But God is good and I trust him.
this. Last night my eye was irritated like I had an eyelash or something in it, so I was rubbing it when I realized that my eyelid was really tender to touch so I went to look in the mirror to see if there was something in my eye and I found a large red, pussy, oozing bump. yep. Check out the picture.
Lovely... huh? And as you can see, my eye is very bloodshot, and you can even see the spot where the puss was oozing out. (and I even cleaned it before I took the picture because it was driving me nuts and itching and hurting)
so... My eyelid is also swollen and puffy, but it's not terrible, I can still see out of it. My vision gets a little blurry when my eye starts to water.
Also right underneath my eye is a little raw and sore because I don't want to touch my eye, but it's like I have a stream of tears so I keep wiping it.
I went to the nurse to see what she recommended (will it go away? or do I need to get to a doctor ASAP?) I have an appointment for tomorrow morning at 10:30 at an eye specialist clinic. I hope it doesnt cost too much money. Bethel's insurance will only cover $80. I'll also probably get an antibiotic.... I dont have the money for this right now.
But God is good and I trust him.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Hooray for weekends?
Well, it was a pretty relaxed weekend... sort of. I spent the better part of it being annoyed at everyone. I'm not usually in a very good mood when I don't feel well. I just hope my roommates didn't experience too much hostility from me (well, I don't think they experienced any hostility, but I hope I wasn't rude).
I started reading Blue Like Jazz... Donald Miller does not hold back, Ive only read two chapters, but I think it's a good book. I look forward to seeing what else he has to say.
I'm still progressing through The Pilgrims Progress. It's a good book too.
I have to start reading Letters Across the Divide by David Anderson and Brent Zuercher. It's for my Multicultural Youth Ministry Class.
I have to admit that I'm a little overwhelmed with the reading. By no means is it a lot to read yet, but I keep wanting to finish one book before I start another, so I'm having a little trouble getting started on the third book. I think I'll just sit down and read a little tonight, and since I don't have any classes tomorrow because of MLKJ Day, I'll read the rest of what I'm supposed to read tomorrow.
I'm sure these journals of me talking about my school work aren't very fascinating; are they? But maybe you would like to read about the content of some of the books I'm reading, such as Blue Like Jazz.
WARNING: May contain spoilers. If you have not read the book, do not read this:
So Chapter one pretty much consisted of Donald Miller giving us background into his life. But what is amazing is the reality in his experience. You can relate to him, you can read about his experiences and know that he's talking from a perspective that shouts honesty. In chapter two we begin to see his journey and the realizations he has about God and himself.
Short, I know. I think one of the things that hit me the most in chapter two is when he was talking about going to a protest with a friend of his wanting to change the world, but realizing that the world wasn't the problem, he was. It resonated with me because I see what he was talking about very much in my own life. You know... I want to change the world, it's so messed up, there's so much wrong, nobody cares... This is what he said in the book that I thought was so profound:
"When we were done, I started wondering if we had accomplished anything. I started wondering whether we could actually change the world. I mean, of course we could-we could change our buying haabits, elect socially conscious representatives and that sort of things, but I honestly don't believe we will be solving the greater human conflict with our efforts. the problem is not a certain type of legislation or even a certain politician. The problem is the same problem that is has always been. I am the problem. ... The thing I realized onthe day we protested... was that it did me no good to protest America's responsiblity in global poverty when I wasn't even giving money to my church, which has a terrific homelss ministry. I started feeling very much like a hypocrite. " (pgs 19-20)
To go with the old saying: To change the world, you must first change yourself.
I started reading Blue Like Jazz... Donald Miller does not hold back, Ive only read two chapters, but I think it's a good book. I look forward to seeing what else he has to say.
I'm still progressing through The Pilgrims Progress. It's a good book too.
I have to start reading Letters Across the Divide by David Anderson and Brent Zuercher. It's for my Multicultural Youth Ministry Class.
I have to admit that I'm a little overwhelmed with the reading. By no means is it a lot to read yet, but I keep wanting to finish one book before I start another, so I'm having a little trouble getting started on the third book. I think I'll just sit down and read a little tonight, and since I don't have any classes tomorrow because of MLKJ Day, I'll read the rest of what I'm supposed to read tomorrow.
I'm sure these journals of me talking about my school work aren't very fascinating; are they? But maybe you would like to read about the content of some of the books I'm reading, such as Blue Like Jazz.
WARNING: May contain spoilers. If you have not read the book, do not read this:
So Chapter one pretty much consisted of Donald Miller giving us background into his life. But what is amazing is the reality in his experience. You can relate to him, you can read about his experiences and know that he's talking from a perspective that shouts honesty. In chapter two we begin to see his journey and the realizations he has about God and himself.
Short, I know. I think one of the things that hit me the most in chapter two is when he was talking about going to a protest with a friend of his wanting to change the world, but realizing that the world wasn't the problem, he was. It resonated with me because I see what he was talking about very much in my own life. You know... I want to change the world, it's so messed up, there's so much wrong, nobody cares... This is what he said in the book that I thought was so profound:
"When we were done, I started wondering if we had accomplished anything. I started wondering whether we could actually change the world. I mean, of course we could-we could change our buying haabits, elect socially conscious representatives and that sort of things, but I honestly don't believe we will be solving the greater human conflict with our efforts. the problem is not a certain type of legislation or even a certain politician. The problem is the same problem that is has always been. I am the problem. ... The thing I realized onthe day we protested... was that it did me no good to protest America's responsiblity in global poverty when I wasn't even giving money to my church, which has a terrific homelss ministry. I started feeling very much like a hypocrite. " (pgs 19-20)
To go with the old saying: To change the world, you must first change yourself.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Updates
Well, I completed my first week of classes for the new semester. Things are pretty laid back right now even though we jumped right into the semester. I'm taking Multicultural Youth Ministry, Basic Probability and Statistics, Astronomy, British Literature, and Senior Experience. I have two other classes, a Saturday Seminar for youth ministry, and Spiritual Formation Experience, but they don't meet the same way the other classes do, so yeah. I'm having trouble deciding whether I like Senior Experience or Multicultural Youth Ministry better.
Im sleeping better. I mean, I'm not getting into bed until 2 am because I spend too much time messing around, then spend 2 hours doing homework right before I go to bed; but I'm sleeping through the night with out waking up now and Ive been waking up because my alarm clock wakes me up.
I felt really nauseous again today. It was worse than it was a few days ago. Today I was actually afraid I might vomit. It took half the day to get over it. I don't think it's the stomach flu, but I guess I don't know what else it could be.
So right now I'm in the process of reading the Pilgrims Progress for my British Literature book, and Im really liking it so far. I also picked up a few books from the book store. yeah, I applied them to my account, but it's okay because they're the same books on the reading list for Senior Experience, but they were ones I was already wanting to read anyway. I picked up Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller and Searching for God Knows What by ... Donald Miller. Okay, so I guess they're both the same author. Perhaps that's why I was captivated by both of them. Okay, actually it was probably the chapter titles. For example, Blue Like Jazz
Chapter 5- Faith: Penguin Sex;
Chapter 6- Redemption: The Sexy Carrots;
Chapter 15-Community; Living with Freaks
And then... some of the titles in Searching For God Knows What
Chapter 2-Imposters: Santa Takes a Leak
Chapter 8-LifeBoat Theory: How to Kill Your Neighbor
Chapter 11-A Circus of Redemption: Why a three-legged man is better than a bearded woman
Chapter 12-Morality: Why I am better than you
Chapter 14-The Gospel of Jesus: Why William Shakespeare was a Prophet
How can chapter titles like these not make you curious?
Im sleeping better. I mean, I'm not getting into bed until 2 am because I spend too much time messing around, then spend 2 hours doing homework right before I go to bed; but I'm sleeping through the night with out waking up now and Ive been waking up because my alarm clock wakes me up.
I felt really nauseous again today. It was worse than it was a few days ago. Today I was actually afraid I might vomit. It took half the day to get over it. I don't think it's the stomach flu, but I guess I don't know what else it could be.
So right now I'm in the process of reading the Pilgrims Progress for my British Literature book, and Im really liking it so far. I also picked up a few books from the book store. yeah, I applied them to my account, but it's okay because they're the same books on the reading list for Senior Experience, but they were ones I was already wanting to read anyway. I picked up Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller and Searching for God Knows What by ... Donald Miller. Okay, so I guess they're both the same author. Perhaps that's why I was captivated by both of them. Okay, actually it was probably the chapter titles. For example, Blue Like Jazz
Chapter 5- Faith: Penguin Sex;
Chapter 6- Redemption: The Sexy Carrots;
Chapter 15-Community; Living with Freaks
And then... some of the titles in Searching For God Knows What
Chapter 2-Imposters: Santa Takes a Leak
Chapter 8-LifeBoat Theory: How to Kill Your Neighbor
Chapter 11-A Circus of Redemption: Why a three-legged man is better than a bearded woman
Chapter 12-Morality: Why I am better than you
Chapter 14-The Gospel of Jesus: Why William Shakespeare was a Prophet
How can chapter titles like these not make you curious?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Miserable for the moment
I don't feel well. I've been having trouble sleeping. Yesterday I went to bed at about 1:40 am and I woke up at 4am because I had to use the bathroom. I couldn't fall back asleep, so at 5:30 am I got up and spent some time with Jesus. At 7:30am I decided to lay down because I was exhausted, I started to drift off, but then I had to get up. It was horrible. So then I came back to my room at about 2:30 pm and I took a nap. I was only planning to sleep until 4pm but I actually slept until 6pm. So I went to bed at 1:30am this morning woke up at 3 something because my hands felt dry, went back to sleep and had a restless night of tossing and turning. I woke up at 7:30 and decided to get up and spent some time with Jesus. I'm tired right now but I have to take attendance at Chapel in an hour, and I still need to get dressed, so sleeping more is pointless.
I think I'm having trouble sleeping because I'm really stuffy and I haven't been breathing very well when I sleep, especially if I turn on my back. I also think I might be coming down with the stomach flu or something. But that might be from eating food at the Dining Commons. LOL Who hasn't had gastrointestional issues from eating there?
Anyway, I should probably get dressed. Sometime I'll write more about my classes.
I think I'm having trouble sleeping because I'm really stuffy and I haven't been breathing very well when I sleep, especially if I turn on my back. I also think I might be coming down with the stomach flu or something. But that might be from eating food at the Dining Commons. LOL Who hasn't had gastrointestional issues from eating there?
Anyway, I should probably get dressed. Sometime I'll write more about my classes.
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