I've been on Spring break for a few days now...it's weird, because it feels like unemployment. I'm dressed to go running, but I haven't gone yet. I somehow hurt my foot yesterday. Weird, right? I don't know how. I really would like to go running. I'm going to participate in a 5k to benefit Gerard in May. It's a walk/run, so that'll make my slow running a lot more acceptable. I'm not concerned; a year ago, there's no way I'd have been able to run a 5k, but now I regularly run 4-5 miles every time I go, so I'm set. YAY.
I know I'd better go soon, but I'm fixating on WebMD for the time being. I don't like these websites, because my insurance hasn't kicked in yet, and they just make me paranoid. Let's not forget, I'm extremely unlucky when it comes to health issues. EXTREMELY. I could go year-to-year and name some of the strange issues I've faced in the past 5 year. Right now, I have intermittent severe abdominal pain that I've been trying self-diagnose/treat for 5 months now, but I can't seem to pinpoint it, and I have no idea what triggers it. I've tried changing the foods I eat, sleeping more, sleeping less (because I'm capable of over-sleeping), exercising more, all those things that one would think would improve my health, but I can't seem to kick it. The weird thing is: it's not constant---it happens once or twice a month, doesn't matter what time of day, and I can't do anything to stop it. It lasts for an hour or two, and then it's over, although I'm still sore afterwards. It's the strangest thing. I know it doesn't necessarily coincide with my period or my bowel issues (although it has?), so that throws out a few theories. I really don't enjoy it, so I would like to get rid of it. It's only happened in the company of others once (aside from Jacob) and that was about a week ago when I was in KC. But my biggest fear is that it will happen when I'm at work, because it literally renders me immobile. I usually spend an hour or two in the fetal position until it's lessened up enough for me to move around. And, well, Jacob isn't exactly a nurturing person, so he doesn't know how to deal with me. So I need to get this fixed ASAP. The moment I have healthcare, I plan on making a doctor appointment, but as for now, it's just research on my own time.

Glad I got that off my chest; it's been bothering me for a while. Know any gynos? Any proctologists? Can a sister get some relief?

Here's my problem with blogs: I love attention. I do. That's no secret. So I love the possibility of getting instant gratification from the things I write. But the problem is that I need to journal about some things that I can't tell some people. Like the confidential situations of my students---I can't put that information out there, because that's illegal. But I have to empty mind mind, or else that stuff just rolls around in there, fermenting, and that's not something I want to come out in the classroom. Or secrets. I can't blog about secrets, because then they wouldn't be secrets anymore, now would they? But sometimes I have to, because they're driving me crazy. I don't like keeping an actual journal, because sometimes our little brothers steal them and read them and tell all their little friends. That happens to everybody, right? Anyway, I used to have an Open Diary, and then a Xanga, and I used to put all kinds of secrets on those, and I even kept the privacy settings on, but it doesn't matter; people find stuff out. Whatever. I'll try harder with this one.

I can't wait to get a dog.

Only two and half months until we move! I'm going to paint the master bedroom. Maybe this color. Or maybe this color. Anything that will match the floors that are this color. Right now the walls are this color. Well, sort of---they're in that scheme, just with a lighter tint. I think they're too cold and they'll make me depressed more easily. I'm color sensitive. I don't like purplish blues. I'm a much bigger fan of turquoise. Always have been. And fuschia. Especially when they're heavily saturated. But the rest of the colors in the house are very nice. I don't think I'll change them for a while.

Anyone know where I can find an intaglio printing press?