Back In The Swing

    At this point, we are about two weeks into our second semester, and it has been a struggle. On my first day back, I had very simple goals: get through my classes and turn in my paperwork to begin working at Vancrest of Ada, a nursing home less than a mile from campus. I did, in fact, get through my classes, but I couldn't turn my paperwork in as, prior to leaving, I realized I had no idea where it was. I swore that I had put it in my backpack, but it wasn't there. My roommate and I searched the whole dorm and my car, and it was nowhere to be found. This might not seem like too big of an issue, but to work in a nursing home, there's a long list of requirements to check off. I needed a background check done, my fingerprints done, and a physical done at a location that is partnered with Vancrest. I had all of it done, and everything was signed, and then I lost it.

    The following day, I went to Vancrest to get a new packet of paperwork, and just my luck, the lady who handles all of the paperwork had just left. Luckily, when I finally got new paperwork, I was told that I only needed to get my fingerprints done again, as everything else had been sent to them. I was so happy about that that I didn't even mind the drive to the sheriff's office in Kenton and back. I got them done this week and will finally be starting my job soon.

    I was hoping that that would be where the struggle ended, but it was not. This Monday evening, both my head and my stomach started hurting. I didn't think anything about my stomach because I'm gluten intolerant, and I had just eaten gluten. The headache wasn't normal, but I hadn't drunk a lot of water that day, so I chalked it up to slight dehydration. I took some Ibuprofen and felt fine the rest of the night, so I forgot about it and went to bed. I proceeded to wake up the next morning with the same headache and stomach ache that I had felt the night prior, except now my throat was scratchy, and I could only breathe through one nostril. My symptoms got progressively worse throughout the day, and I ended up developing a fever that night. To make matters worse, I had to postpone my University Singers audition today as I woke up, and my throat and sinuses were worse. Now, I have to pray that I wake up tomorrow and feel better because I could only get my audition pushed back to tomorrow before noon. As much as I want to believe that that will happen, it probably won't, so I'm preparing to audition sick tomorrow.

    Stay tuned because this isn't far off from my everyday life!