Swine flu???

How is it that I am able to post two blogs two days in a row?  It's because I'm currently home sick and according to my doctor, I have the swine flu.  Joyous...

The regular and swine flu has been going around WCC like the "plague."  In fact, that's what we call a sickness that goes around the school since it's such a small school and all of us are in class and rehearsing together...the WCC Plague.  Anyway, it started with the Symphonic Choir (the choir that consists of juniors, seniors, and grad students that sing with the major orchestras) and it's been slowly coming down to the freshmen and sophomores.  I started feeling sick on Friday when I woke up and started having coughing fits.  Originally, I thought that the coughing fits were from my allergies as I had something similar several years ago at choir camp in which my allergies were the cause of it.

I felt worse on Saturday and I decided that the best thing for me to do was to go home just in case I had something contagious, especially since the sophomore choir concert is coming up (this Friday).  I didn't want to be the one responsible for the sophomore class dropping like flies the week of the concert.

Sunday night I felt really warm, but I assumed it was because I was covered in blankets and lying next to a heater (complete denial right?).  I ended up having a fever of 101 but I didn't admit it until later when I was lying in bed with the fan on full blast and still feeling like I stuck my head in an oven.

When I went to the doctor on Monday, I was expecting to hear that it was just my allergies or I developed an upper respiratory infection since all of my symptoms were in that area.  Instead, the doctor told me that I had the flu and more than likely it was the H1F1, meaning swine flu.  I was so shocked and in such disbelief I actually argued with him for a little bit, however he got me when he told me that along with my fever I had a runny nose and shortage of breath, which are also symptoms of the swine flu.  This stinks...I was a week away from the swine flu vaccine coming to the school.  So close...

Today, I feel much better and much of my energy came back, however there's one problem that's still in the way...my fever.  It's being such a pest.  It went down to a measly 100, but of course, that's still a fever and it's enough to keep me from going back.  So, I'm sitting here extremely annoyed that I feel better but my silly 100 degree fever is the one keeping me from going back, haha.  Oh, well, I guess I'll enjoy relaxing and sleeping in while it lasts... 

Halloween Weekend!

I didn't really get into Halloween that much, but after coming to WCC and seeing so many people getting into it, I couldn't help but get into it myself.  My girlfriends suggested that I should be a flapper to match my new haircut.  I originally wanted to get a dress that was similar to the flapper style so I could wear it again, but my mom found this great flapper costume that I just had to buy.  I also bought some long gloves and a red boa.  I loved wearing that costume and I'm sure everyone loved me too for getting feathers all over the hallway.  I didn't realize that my boa liked to shed...

After going to a potluck party that Friday night, I went with a couple of friends on Saturday afternoon to get some pizza and then we headed off to a corn maze about a 20 minute drive away.  There were 12 stations in the maze that we had to find and if we found all 12 of them, we would get free gourds....I'm sure you guys are in so much awe right now.  Anyway, when we first went into the maze we didn't bother to look at the map in the front (they don't give you maps but they have maps for you to look at at the entrances and at the stations just to show where you currently are) and we circled around for a 1/2 hour before finding ourselves back to the entrance.  Whoops, lol.  But after we decided to look at the maps, we marched through that muddy trail, through that windy maze, used objects besides the stations as points to show us where we are, such as the WaWa that was across the street, and found those 12 stations.  Yes, we won those gourds and only had some minor panic attacks along the way, such as when I dropped my card used to mark what stations we went to and couldn't find it for 5 seconds...that was terrible.

As soon as we got back to school, I packed up and went home for a day.  It was really nice to watch "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" with the family, though my mood was ruined when the Phillies lost (and my mood got even worse when they lost the whole thing).  Oh well, I still love them.

Now I'm counting down the days to Thanksgiving break!  For me, tomorrow afternoon will be 2 weeks and while it seems really close it's not coming fast enough...

   My flapper costume!

                                          

                                                

 

Entering the corn maze!

                                                  

Map of the maze

                                                  

We got all 12 of them (never mind 13-18...they weren't there)

                                                   

 Momma's going to be so proud of me!!!

                                                   

                      What a great day!!!