Long time no blog! Happy belated Halloween!

Firstly, I've been mondo sick. Been missing a lot of classes and it sucks, but I'm emailing my professors and making sure they know why I've been out. I'm going to Beatles and work study tomorrow, but I don't know if I'm going to make it through the whole day. It's been strange - Monday I felt better, then Tuesday it just hit me like a ton of bricks. I'll spare you the details but let's just say that orally I've been putting out more than what's being put in. I feel a little better but I still feel a bit weak and my head has been hurting all week. It stinks.

The first week of my two week abandonment (haha, that's what I'm calling it now) has been okay. I handed out candy on Halloween. Jenn came over and we watched America's Next Top Model. I drove her back to her dorm but ended up staying there because I didn't feel well enough to drive back. The only thing I don't like about sleeping there is that I have to sleep in a sleeping bag on the cold floor. However, Jenn had class early, so I jumped into her bed when she left and had a nice comfy rest of my sleep. Of course I woke up wicked late though and ended up getting stuck in traffic for two hours and missed my communication class (I actually planned on going). Good thing I missed it though because I got sick the second I walked into my house. I hope that doesn't happen tomorrow...

I found out that my great uncle, Fred, died this morning. I used to be really close to him but he lived in Virginia, so it was hard for me to see him. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's last year and today he passed in his sleep. It's for the better though - he lived a healthy and prosperous 90 years. He was a veteran, a father, a husband, and someone who loved everything. I remember him telling me, "I never say that I hate anything. I always say that I just dislike it" and from then on I always used hate sparingly. He and my other great uncle, Duke, would come up from PA and VA every so often and the three of us would do an abundance of things. Then Duke got diagnosed with diabetes and he died on his way up to Massachusetts five years ago on Halloween. The weird thing is, Fred died two hours after the five year anniversary of Duke's death. I was so upset when Duke died, I cried for hours. Him and I were closer than Fred and I were and although I'm upset that Fred is gone, I haven't cried because I was expecting it. He's in a better place and I know that he'll always watch over me like Duke does.

Enough depressing stuff though. I'll be applying for a job at Newbury Comics at Government Center soon. They're having a job fair on November 12 and I might ask for an application BEFORE then, just to show that I'm extra interested. It would be convenient after classes to just walk five minutes to my job then have to drive and such. If I get the job, hopefully over the summer I can transfer to Braintree or something. I hope it works out though.

Peace, love, and rockets ♥