Apr 30 2006
Thursday night was the last bible study and Friday night was the End of the Year Banquet, probably the saddest thing ever. Here are some highlights.
This year’s amazing Interns. I love them so much. I’m going to really miss them.
Apr 25 2006
and you should see the burn on my arm! At first all I knew was that it hurt terribly. Apparently I’m not a great judge of the severity of injuries. I burnt it on one of the commercial/industrial ovens at CCF earlier this afternoon while cleaning up after Devo Lunch. The burn is about 3 inches long and and 1 inch wide, is reddish-purple, and has begun to really blister. The nurses looked pretty concerned about it, which surprised me because I was content covering it in aloe. Burns are obviously a much bigger deal than I thought, especially 2nd degree ones. After 45 minutes in the health center with 3 nurses running around getting supplies, making sure that everything they touch me with is positively sterile, as burns can easily become infected, which I did not know, I leave with a bag full of gauze, bandages, tape, rubber gloves, and cotton swabs to apply something class “silver sulferdiazine.” It does not stop there, however, there’s this giant bandage that takes up over half of my forearm. I look as though I have been attacked by some wild beast and not by an oven that was just set at 450-500 degrees. Although, I’m not sure which is worse at this point.
Apr 20 2006
It’s strange. I feel like I should look different or act different as a 20 year old. As I am no longer a teenager, I’d assume that something would be different, but obviously it is not. Chris and I went to Chow Baby for dinner. All you can eat stir fry and you get to pick your own ingredients - it’s loads of fun. I highly recommend it.
Earlier today Kerry and I went to the Atlanta Humane Society over on 10th Street and played with all of the puppies and kitties. This, of course, was a dangerous idea as we now want to adopt most of them. Missy, this adorable 2 month old puppy, was my favorite. She’s a shepherd - border collie mix and positively the softest puppy you’ll ever meet. She has little ears with curly fur on them and a very small tuft of white fur on her chest. Because she has some German Shepherd in her, her coat has a bit of a brown sheen to it, but only from an angle. She chewed on our wrists and thighs and rolled all across our laps the whole time we were holding her. She never barked, but just played with us. She was very upset when we had to leave. I would love so much to bring her home, but there are a few obstacles in the way.
1. I live in a dormitory.
2. 7 weeks from now I will be leaving for Thailand for 6 1/2 months.
3. I’m a student with a schedule that doesn’t really allow for puppies.
4. My parents would shoot me.
Nonetheless, she’s adorable and needs a good home.
I received tons of ‘happy birthday’ messages, so thank you all. Kerry and Jill both gave me wonderful books for my trip, No Touch Monkey and The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005. I can’t wait to read them. Melissa gave me some coloring books / word searches that should keep me occupied on my 27 hour flight. Yes, that’s right - 27 hours or so.
Seeing as I have a lot of homework and studying to do, I’m going to get working.
Apr 17 2006
I have definitely found my new favorite book! It was a gift from my parents for my birthday, which is actually this Wednesday, and a book that I’ve been looking for for quite some time.
Because I really can’t wait, I’ve already started bookmarking pages and looking up prices online.
I went home this weekend for Easter. It was a great break from school, except that I did have things to do and I accidentally forget them in my dorm room. On Saturday, Sara and Kevin came over and we had a great steak and potatoes dinner for my birthday. Sara brought two books on Thailand that belonged to her roommate. Now my travel book collection consists of 1 Peru book, 2 Thailand books, 1 Southeast Asia book, and 1 Thai phrases book. I’m nearing overkill.
I was inducted into Sigma Iota Rho, the International Affairs Honor Society, on Thursday. Aside from that, nothing really exciting is happening. These final 3 weeks of school will probably be like nightmares. I have a lot going on with PURA, tests, presentations, and battling the fact that I just don’t want to do any school work at all.
I turn 20 on Wednesday, April 19th. I find this terribly upsetting as it means that I will no longer be a teenager. I have been a teenager for 7 years now and I’ve become rather comfortable with that title. Feel free to comfort me in the form of hugs.