So it's got to be the medication change (refer to last post, first subject, #2).  I have so much flipping energy that I don't know what to do with myself.  Wake up at five (I get that from my mom), take an hour nap in the afternoon (that's a me thing) and go to bed around 1:00 am (I get that from my dad.  So lets count.  That's 4 hours at night plus 1 hour mid-day equals 5 hours.  5 hours of sleep.  And I'm energized!

I have NEVER IN MY LIFE (of 22 years) been able to get through the day and function properly on less than 8 or 9 (or 10) hours of sleep.

So I'm enjoying the extra hours in the day.  I would be even more great if I could get motivated about my classes. I am motivated to do many little things: clean, help Thad pack/move, organize, de-clutter, arts and crafts, complete furniture refurbishing, job searching, furniture shopping, graduation outfit shopping, etc. French Lit (cubed) is low on the priority list but VERY high on the have-to-do-it-no-matter-what list.

So, what do I have left to do this semester?

1. Read a 240 page book (in French, of course)
2. Write a 2 page paper about the book (in French)
3. Finish reading the last 100 pages of a book (in French)....but I like this one so it's okay
4. Read a 125 page book (in French
5. Read a 250 page book (in French)
6. Write a 15-20 page thesis paper for my capstone about Francophone Literature.  This includes outside sources other than the six novels we read in a fifteen week time span.
7. International Trade Final
8. French Civilization Final
9. French Literature Final

READYSETGO!  Moral of the story? I need to get motivated.  Prognosis? Severe Senioritis.

Good thing my apartment is clean and clutter free. And good thing I don't have any more furniture that I want to alter. AND that I now have more time in my day!

Also, I'm not sick anymore (yay!!!)

Can't Sleep...this is odd.

So for the last month, I havn't been able to stay awake. Tonight, I can't get back to sleep. This is ridiculous. Can I not have a normal sleeping pattern? We'll keep in mind that my whole life I have require 9-10 hours of sleep per night to function. So here's the scenarios I'm thinking that may explain this:

• I'm stressed and my body is realizing that forcing me to sleep 16 hours a day will prevent me from a minuscule part of the next 3 weeks: Graduation. (19 days)
• Medication change. Old one: may cause drowsiness. New one: may cause insomnia. (Now before any says just get off of the medication, you should know that it is necessary that I am on this sort of medication. I wish I could and be just fine.)
• I woke up unexpectedly and alert. I'll be exhausted again in an hour and sleep another six.

Anyway, that's not the big post thing. I went into Louie's @ Brookhaven (restaurant) and filled out an application on Friday. Ya know. Just in case. I do not want to wait tables for the next year. Or six months. This, I figured, would be my backup plan. Well, apparently they have eight girls graduating and leaving Nompton (all female waitstaff). They asked me to come back in yesterday (Saturday) for a second interview. I was there for LITERALLY 4 minutes. I told them I'm looking for a job still but I need something temporary until that job appears out of thin air. Manager says: "OK not a problem. If you find a job before you start let us know. If you're only here for a month or so, that's fine...we understand. Call us when you know a start date to fill out new-hire paperwork."

OK, let's be honest. I was shocked that she would just be fine with that scenario. However, I am relieved. I have a backup plan. I was WAYYYY reluctant to wait tables (in a college town, tips usually are poo. (Trynnity)). BUT. There are two Louie's locations in Norman: one is on Campus Corner and gets the heavy college crowds. The other, at Brookhaven Village, is not near the university. It's near the rich suburbanites that live in the VERY nice housing community (aka Brookhaven). So, I would be getting the more financially-stable crowd vs the I-hope-my-financial-aid-check-comes-in-next-month crowd. No dissing the college crowd, I'm just concerned about making ends meet. And, so not to have copious amounts of cash in my wallet, which is SURE to get spent on frivolous things (I rarely keep cash for this reason), my bank is in the very same complex, so I could (1) get off my shift (2) go to the bank (3) instantly deposit all bills (4) worry less about the cash conundrum.

SOOOO, I have a backup plan. I have a lifted weight from my shoulders. I am still looking (every day, twice a day) on several different job sites (monster, hotjobs, careerbuilder, hiresooner, ou jobs, norman transcript classifieds) to find that job that is right for me. I am not going to settle on a scam or secret shopping or telemarketing or google clicking. Not quite a happy dance, but no longer do I need to do the rip-your-hair-out-anxiety-attack dance either.

Making blogging a habit...

Oh I love being sick....!!

I am actually feeling better tonight.  I HAD TO after all.

I woke up at six this morning so I could finish my paper.  I planned this ahead last night, set my alarm, and had all my papers ready to go.  Six o'clock rolls around, I wake up, and I FEEL TERRIBLE.

So what do I do?

Nope, I didn't go back to bed. I wrote the stinking paper.  But I was coughing a ton, my nose was drippy, I couldn't swallow and felt like I was running a fever, so I did NOT go to class.  But I finished the paper. It took me three more hours, and then went back to bed.  My amazing friend Nicole (who is in each of my 3 Tuesday and Thursday classes) took me to our later afternoon class.  I wasn't feeling better but the coughing had subsided so I new there was less potential for germ-spreading and lecture-interrupting. And I missed this class twice last week because of what I am starting to think is CFS.  So I needed to go.  I went.  I coughed (not too much). I blew my nose (enough). I even made a few comments.  The best part was that my professor thanked me for coming even though I felt (and looked) miserable. 

**I have to say that this is the only professor I have ever had that does not make you feel guilty for missing and does show gratitude when you are there.  Usually its one, the other, or neither.**

After class I came home, took a shower (with Shower Soothers, which are incredible when you have the Crud), and got dressed up. I had somewhere to go!!!

You see, Thad and I share a best friend.  All three of us were all buddy buddy for about a year freshman year, then when Thad and I started dating and Drake stayed around the new couple.  After a few months, Drake got used to the new "situation" and now it's all old news!!  Drake's our third wheel but not in an awkward third wheel sort of way.

Well, usually if there is a "fun opportunity" to do something but only enough tickets/space for only two people, the combinations are either Thad + Alisha OR Thad + Drake.  Well, tonight was fun 'cause I got to hang out with my buddy in a two person only "fun opportunity" situation.

Anyway...Drake's parents bought four tickets to see THE LION KING!!! Drake's brother backed out, so Rog and Carol (the said parents) told Drake to bring a friend.  Drake's girlfriend (Kate) lives in Illinois, and I guess he figured it was my turn to go have a "fun opportunity" for free, so I went with Drake and his parents and we all had a great time.

Plus, only two coughing fits throughout the show.  The kids behind us made more noise than I did.

Thad hung out (well currently he still is) with some friends tonight.  I wish he could have been there, but still had a great time!

But, now, I am super-duper exhausted (and more coughing....my body doesn't love me right now but I didn't want to call in sick to the night's events) and ready for bed.

TGITh...NO CLASS ON FRIDAYS!!!

I wish I could post this without complaining...

OK.  So much happened in the last 12 hours that I don't know where to start.

First, my itty bitty allergy attack turned into a BIG NASTY SINUS INFECTION.

1. i feel lovely...or not
2. i hate mouth breathing
3. my head feels bloated
4. my nose feels constipated
5. i am a miserable and needy sick person
6. my boyfriend and friends are afraid of this infection.
7. not so perfect timing in the semester (remember the whole sleeping 16 hours a day thing? I CANNOT MISS ANY MORE CLASS)
8. ive gone through an entire roll of toilet paper blowing my nose
9. vicks is good.  and so is nyquil.  thats about it.

Second, I cancelled my job interview today.  After thinking about it, I realized that this company hit my gut as not being everything it was supposed to be.  Let's flashback to December/January:

Ace International promotes themselves like a great and fantastic and superdeeduper international marketing/advertising firm.  I get excited when they offer me a job...until I find out the job is selling AT&T services DOOR TO DOOR. Basically, they lie/cheat/beg to get people in the door.  Turn around rate is something in the neighborhood of 99.99999%. Crushes me. Sad. Still no job.

Well this company, reminded me of Ace Int'l a little too much.  I was skeptical, but maybe it would work out and wouldn't be a scam. Nonetheless, 11:00 pm rolls around, I feel like poo, and I want to make sure that me waking up and putting on a happy face is worth it.  I do a little more research. Yup.  A scam.  While this isn't door to door, it is business to business. Selling coupons. NONONONONONONONO. So I called this morning, politely cancelled with "I don't think this is the right company for me" and fell back asleep to my sinus infection.

Moral of the story? I am not going to settle for a terrible terrible terrible job that I am going to hate.  I would rather work at Petco (Where the pets go...) with a friend (Lawrence) then have to be that person everyone hates for interrupting their day.  I already did a telemarketing job for OU last fall and it was horrible. I want strangers to like me, not try and find out the quickest way to get rid of me. This is not asking too much.

Third, I was supposed to finish a paper last night and didn't so now I'm hoping my professor understands when I email him the paper this afternoon instead of yesterday afternoon.  I don't feel good and I'm sick and that's my excuse and none other. Or I'll just go to his office with my snotty nose and explain.  I think that would be convincing.

Fourth and Finally, I need to go to the store.  I am out of toilet paper (see above) and other things.  I am dreading this beyond belief (see above). Ugh.

PS: Happy Earth Day!!

Twenty-Five Days

....until I graduate from college.  Nervous much!??!

Well I have a place to live, so that's good.  No job (yet). No money (yet). 

I can't believe I'm at this point in my life.  I'm done with college.  Four years flew by.  I almost wish I hadn't rushed so much to get it all done on time, because now I'm plum exhausted!  I knew before I started school that I wanted to go to grad school, but now I'm burnt out and feel like I need to take some time off. Reflect.  Be sure that it's the right choice.

As for today, I'm a bit stressed.  I have been sleeping almost constantly for the last two weeks, feeling horrible, and I have been unmotivated.  I know it's because of the medication I am on, but that doesn't change the fact that it's interfering with the day-to-day! On top of that my allergies decided to go nutso on me and I can't stop mouth breathing.  The good news? I have a job interview tomorrow with a sports and entertainment marketing/advertising company in okc.  Wish me luck!!