Tuesday, September 04, 2007
16:23:00
It's actually been just over half a month since I posted. Incredible.It's not so much that I've lost interest in blogging; rather, I just haven't been feeling like doing so. I let my inspiration guide me; I don't blog for the sake of doing so.That said, it's not like nothing has happened in the time I've been gone. Biggest thing was the fact that I somehow got the mumps in the wee hours of the 26th of August. I was up late, as I usually am on Saturdays. It was around 2, 3-something that I decided to retire for the night. My cheeks were already hurting at this point, but I just dismissed it as one of those things, and that I'd feel better when I woke up. As it was, I couldn't even get to sleep, drifting in 'mid-consciousness' for over an hour before i decided enough was enough, and I went to tell my parents.Went to the bathroom and saw that my cheeks had swollen pretty bad. It was around 4, 5 by this time, and I had to endure for another couple of hours before I could go see a doctor. Took some panadol and that eased the pain, but I felt a fever building up already.Another thing to note, throughout the whole process I was wide awake, talking as I normally would (and as usual being able to find a funny side to the situation), but really I was just running on pure adrenaline. I had to be; I hadn't had a wink of sleep since I woke up on Saturday morning. Funny how the body works. When I got home from the doctor's I fell asleep for 3 hours straight. Haven't gone to sleep with such ease in some time.Anyhoo, I had gotten a week's MC, right smack dab in the middle of the prelims. I'll be re-taking the papers I missed some time after the prelims, but the marks won't count. As such, I've, in a sense, 'forfeited' quite a few subjects. I'm not sure how they'll be computing my marks, but I hope it all works out.I've been using the time to study and rest. Slept quite alot; nice to catch up on my rest. Hardly any time for that in my regular schedule, or in anyone's regular schedules, for that matter. In any case, I've recovered and just concentrating on the papers I have after the hols, even if some of those marks might not be used. It's all really confusing.Life's been incredibly dull, being stuck at home. Might be a reason for my kinda-sorta crabby mood. I'm fine, just not in the mood to humour people in things I don't much care for, or at least not at the moment.Well, there's studying to be done. Cheers mates.Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
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