We have a week of training before the next round. It's weird to be back on campus surrounded by more than just the eleven faces that have become part of the routine. It's also been great! I forgot how much I liked some of these people.
Right now Kari and I are at Highway 61, a coffee house in downtown, I like when I am able to do normal things like a normal human being. It's so difficult to be "on my own" and still have rules and regulations to follow. It's all part of the program though, I knew what I was getting into.
I don't have anything terribly exciting to write about. The last week of work I didn't do anything, I slept. It was...awful. I felt useless. I also have to make up the hours I missed of work. Which actually shouldn't be a problem because of the hours we put in in Florida and the hours we're going to be putting in in Louisville.
I am not allowed to run baseline because my spleen might rupture. So that's awesome. I still have to wake up at the ass crack of dawn and cheer on my fellow corps members though. I think if I'm not allowed to run, you should let me sleep.
I want to sleep now, actually.......................
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Guess what happens when you dont take care of your body?
You get sick.Then, when you ignore your sickness you get even more sick. THEN, when you pretend you're getting better and ignore other problems, you get even sicker.
I have been to the ER twice in the last week. The first time because of strept, like I previously posted about, and last night because I was so dehydrated. I had been dealing with cold sweats all day, but I decided it was just a fever breaking and my body's way of healing itself. Around 8 I was watching a documentary on Katrina with the team and I got really hot and really dizzy and I felt like I was going to vomit. I walked to the bathroom and I wish someone were there to count how many times I dropped the eff bomb. I knew I was going to pass out, and I did. Right before though, I somehow managed to call Kari's phone and she came to the bathroom and got me.
So poor paige had to spend another long night in the ER with me. They gave me an iv to rehydrate and put some no-more-nausea drugs in it then did some blood work which came back positive for Mono.
SO, now I have a doctors note for a week off work. I'm pissed. The only reason I'm not letting myself get too worked up about it is because we leave friday to back to Vicksburg and all I will be doing is sitting in trainings and meetings so I won't be loosing hours. But I haven't worked at all this week and I hate it. Our team is already down a member because Aaron blew out his acl while playing soccer and now I'm down and out. I know I need to sleep or it will get worse, but I can't stop thinking about everyone else having to pick up my slcak.
Frustrating.
I have been to the ER twice in the last week. The first time because of strept, like I previously posted about, and last night because I was so dehydrated. I had been dealing with cold sweats all day, but I decided it was just a fever breaking and my body's way of healing itself. Around 8 I was watching a documentary on Katrina with the team and I got really hot and really dizzy and I felt like I was going to vomit. I walked to the bathroom and I wish someone were there to count how many times I dropped the eff bomb. I knew I was going to pass out, and I did. Right before though, I somehow managed to call Kari's phone and she came to the bathroom and got me.
So poor paige had to spend another long night in the ER with me. They gave me an iv to rehydrate and put some no-more-nausea drugs in it then did some blood work which came back positive for Mono.
SO, now I have a doctors note for a week off work. I'm pissed. The only reason I'm not letting myself get too worked up about it is because we leave friday to back to Vicksburg and all I will be doing is sitting in trainings and meetings so I won't be loosing hours. But I haven't worked at all this week and I hate it. Our team is already down a member because Aaron blew out his acl while playing soccer and now I'm down and out. I know I need to sleep or it will get worse, but I can't stop thinking about everyone else having to pick up my slcak.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
:-(
First, let me say I love my team. Now, let me explain why. I have strept! Boo! I usually get it once or twice a year, I know the symptoms, I know how my body acts right bfore the symptoms start showing, but I always ALWAYS ignore it until it is too late. No different when I'm in the AmeriCorps it seems. Only this time I really waited until last minute and now it is probably the worst I've ever had it. Started Tuesday, I ignored it until Saturday night when paige took me to the ER. They gave me steroids for the swelling, a shot of antibiotics in my rear, and some vicodin for the pain. That was all to last me until I could get my prescription drugs the next morning.
Being sick and not in the comfort of your home is the absolute worst. This is what hell will be like. Me, with strept, sharing a room with 11 girls in a building where walls end 6 feet from the ceiling so you can hear EVERYTHING that goes on.
Anyways, why I love my team:
The girls brought me some lemongrass soup the other day when I couldn't chew, Kari has been checking in on me and she tells everyone to shut up when they are being too loud and I am sleeping, the guys let me watch stupid movies with them, and everyone has learned if I dont make eye contact I dont want to talk to you. They're all so sweet. I have a good team.
I missed work today, I slept all day and everyone else was working. Which sucks to know, but I am 100% going to work tomorrow, I don't care what I feel like. I can already swallow without wincing so I know I am getting better... Besides, my hydrocodone will help me get through the day.
We leave friday morning to go back to campus in Vicksburg. We'll have our debrief, our breifing, baseline, more trainings, then off the Louisville. Im ready for some new scenerey. Ocean Springs is nice, I'm just bored with the work. I need a change before I go stir crazy.
Being sick and not in the comfort of your home is the absolute worst. This is what hell will be like. Me, with strept, sharing a room with 11 girls in a building where walls end 6 feet from the ceiling so you can hear EVERYTHING that goes on.
Anyways, why I love my team:
The girls brought me some lemongrass soup the other day when I couldn't chew, Kari has been checking in on me and she tells everyone to shut up when they are being too loud and I am sleeping, the guys let me watch stupid movies with them, and everyone has learned if I dont make eye contact I dont want to talk to you. They're all so sweet. I have a good team.
I missed work today, I slept all day and everyone else was working. Which sucks to know, but I am 100% going to work tomorrow, I don't care what I feel like. I can already swallow without wincing so I know I am getting better... Besides, my hydrocodone will help me get through the day.
We leave friday morning to go back to campus in Vicksburg. We'll have our debrief, our breifing, baseline, more trainings, then off the Louisville. Im ready for some new scenerey. Ocean Springs is nice, I'm just bored with the work. I need a change before I go stir crazy.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
I'm out of the Florida marshes and on the Gulf Coast! We're in Ocean Springs, MS right and it is such a great little town! The beach is less than a mile away and the downtown area is so nice. It reminds me a little of Walla Walla back home. I love it.
We're staying at Camp Victor which is a non profit volunteer housing organization. We are here with another team from the Vicksburg campus and other volunteers from different organizations have been filtering through. We'll be staying for another couple weeks.
The work! We are split, half of us are working with Camp Victor to build and repair homes and the other half of us are working with the organization Hope CDA, also rebuilding. It's good work, but soooo slow! It is so strange to transition from demanding hard physical labor in a field to hammering a couple nails and then waiting an hour for more supplies. I guess it is a nice break, but I kind of really miss sweating my ass off at 7 o clock in the morning. Pulling spartina became such a normal part of the day, it's strange to not wake up every morning and prepare for it.
I think another reason I miss the work so much is because the guys we worked with were so amazing. They made the work enjoyable. Also, the dibbles we used completely toned my arms. Its nice to see muscle!
Team Dynamics are strange right now, a lot of working things out needs to happen. I wont go into detail. I hope things work themselves out.
Kari and I are going shopping. I'll update with some pictures later.
We're staying at Camp Victor which is a non profit volunteer housing organization. We are here with another team from the Vicksburg campus and other volunteers from different organizations have been filtering through. We'll be staying for another couple weeks.
The work! We are split, half of us are working with Camp Victor to build and repair homes and the other half of us are working with the organization Hope CDA, also rebuilding. It's good work, but soooo slow! It is so strange to transition from demanding hard physical labor in a field to hammering a couple nails and then waiting an hour for more supplies. I guess it is a nice break, but I kind of really miss sweating my ass off at 7 o clock in the morning. Pulling spartina became such a normal part of the day, it's strange to not wake up every morning and prepare for it.
I think another reason I miss the work so much is because the guys we worked with were so amazing. They made the work enjoyable. Also, the dibbles we used completely toned my arms. Its nice to see muscle!
Team Dynamics are strange right now, a lot of working things out needs to happen. I wont go into detail. I hope things work themselves out.
Kari and I are going shopping. I'll update with some pictures later.
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