Well, after lots of medical appointments and lab work and x-rays it has been determined that I have a blood disease called hemochromatosis. I have to go see a hemotologist at Christie Clinic tomorrow. Hopefully we can get things figured out. Basically, instead of my body getting rid of excess amounts of iron in the blood it deposits the iron in ( Read more... )

I haven't updated this in so long! I decided it was time, but at the moment I don't have a lot going on besides school ( Read more... )

Have you ever felt so absolutely content and comfortable about your day? I'm sitting here and thinking about what I have to do today and I'm so relaxed and I feel really great about everything. It's like a euphoric kinda sensation. I have class this afternoon, dinner with Sue and Carrie this evening, and then I'll go to Kopi to work on my thesis ( Read more... )

Wednesday the 14th I started back to work. I drove up early that morning. It was so awesome to get back to the office ( Read more... )

I have been meaning to update this since I got back from Chicago but I kept forgetting. Anyhow, I went to Chicago last Thursday because I had class downtown on Friday. I had to drive home first to get a wheel bearing replaced before I could drive to Chicago. I was told that the repair wouldn't take that long, but turns out it did! I was hoping ( Read more... )

Homecoming weekend was definitely exciting! I went out Friday night with Rob & Jonathan. We went to Brothers and I ran into a bunch of people. It was so much fun ( Read more... )

Maybe I shouldn't be writing in this because I'm drunk, but I'm REALLY disappointed tonight! I had such a fantastic day and most of the night was great 'til I got to C Street. My friend Ashok showed up and I had a nice time with him and tried to introduce him to my friends and everyone pretty much was an asshole to him. He said to me later, I ( Read more... )

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So, my whirlwind trip to Chicago on Friday was awesome! Well, it was awesome except for the fact that the train was over an hour late and I almost missed my appointment with the CAWC. I interviewed the director of the coalition and it went really well. She gave me some valuable insights about the shelter system in Chicago ( Read more... )

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