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I'm sitting in the computer lab before class again. Josh is sitting next to me, finishing up the history essay that was due last week. To be fair, he's had other things going on. The show this weekend, taking care of me, things like that. I think the only reason I completed mine on time is because I skipped out out on work and thus had more time to formulate something. Otherwise, I doubt it would have been done on time.

I doubt that my english essay will be done on time, in any case.

I finished an outline. I always write an outline before I write the essay, mostly because I'm lazy. Typically, my outlines not only outline what the five topic paragraphs are about, but what my points within the topics are and the quotes I intend on using, or at least where I can find said quotes. If I make a detailed outline in advance, then if something comes up and I'm not able to finish the essay before hand, I can take the points, turn them into sentences and write some transition sentences and voila moderatly well thought-out essay in thirty minutes and then a quick proofread and I generally can manage a good grade. If I have energy tomorrow or the next day (when it is due,) then this method shall work. If not... I may need to ask for an extention due to stated health issues and show her above outline so she knows I'm trying. I just need to find my quotes to finish my outline and I have my basis done.

We'll see what happens. It is very possible that I won't have much energy the next couple of days (I didn't today, trying to do two loads of dishes and I'm almost collapsed from exhasution and ended up in bed the rest of the day.) I really hope I get better after this month off.

Dad asked me to go to New Mexico with him this week. I don't think I'm going to go, I need to keep my rest up and we have another show in two weeks (this one as well, I will probably end up sleeping in the hotel room the whole time. But I still want to go, I miss Josh so much when he's gone,) so I'm probably going to stay home. I don't see why he doesn't delay the trip to New Mexico until the show, when we're going to be in Texas. It just seems like a waste to drive to New Mexico, back to Alabama, drive to Texas, drive back to Alabama. I'll have to talk to him about that later.

Anyway, it is class time and I have to go talk to the teacher and ask to copy some notes. Josh seems like he is almost done with his essay. Be back later.

As a general rule, this has been a crappy week. I only made it through 2/5 days of work the whole week and I haven't been too much better over my weekend. Up until today, I still wasn't holding much down consistently, even with medication.

On the good side, my doc filled out my FMLA, so there isn't much work can do if I get sick. Legally, I should be protected. Which is good, it means they can't fire me for it.

I'm back on the Valtrex, but it doesn't seem as much as a godsend as before. I mean, I feel better than when I'm not on anything, but I still feel exhausted all the time. If I'm not feeling a lot better by tuesday, when my next appointment is, then I may have to seriously consider taking some time off work. Dad says that in general it takes about three weeks of doing nothing but sleeping for him to get to feeling better. And, I have short term disability at work, so I could take off some time and still be paid some for it. It would only be 60% (about $550 every two weeks,) so I would only have a little spending money for the month and I would have to wait a little longer for my engagement ring (I wanted to have it for thanksgiving and since it is so expensive I agreed to pay for some of it,) but I don't know if I can keep up the way I have. I get really mean and depressed when I don't hold down food for a week.

Another option for money is to go tax-free on this check, and put almost all of it in savings. Then, if I don't get better in the week, I'll have money to survive on. The thing is though, I am and have been for a while, the provider for the household. I bring home almost twice what Josh does, if we include bonuses, and I provide the health care and medicines for the both of us. Most of the time, I buy groceries and gas for my car (which is the car we drive everywhere but for when Josh goes to work.) Lately, we've been struggling as it is, so this is a bad time for this to happen, but whatever.

I managed to finish my essay for history today. Only took me about an hour :). I have to write an english essay this week as well. And I have to get back to having a presence in the class. Oh well, the reason I mede myself get so far ahead was so that I would be able to have some leeway if i got sick.