One long blog

I have had a pretty hectic week. Not only was this week Halloween week, but it was also a week filled with insane amounts of work. I had a math exam, english paper, and comm speech to do. The english paper wasnt that bad...considering the fact that i enjoy the class and don't mind writing papers about issues that i care about. The math test and comm speech on the other hand are two completely different stories. Math is definetly not my subject. I don't have fun doing it. and if you don't understand one part, then you most likely won't understand future equations because everything builds up and is related to eachother. comm on the other hand is more fun. i love to talk and communicate with people. however, i am not a huge fan of public speaking. for some reason, when i get in front of people and speak, my legs shake and i studder with my words haha. so for this speech, i had to prepare like whoaa because the speech had to last seven minutes. seven minutes does not seem like a very long time, but when its you who has to have something to say every moment, it gets pretty intense!

i managed to finish up all my work by halloween, so halloween night was pretty much the greatest feeling, knowing that i didnt have loads of work to do.

halloween itself was extremely fun. i got to go out and have a great time with my good group of friends. i dressed up as a gypsy/arab dancer thing...using pieces of clothing that i bought and a coin sarong thing that i bought in spain. many people believe that halloween only lasts one night, but not in college park! i dressed up three times. the second time i was a cereal box...special k to be precise. and the third day i dressed up as Eve from adam and eve. that costume was made in 5 minutes.

okaaaaay so now the whack part of my weekend comes into place:

last thursday, i got a call from my doctor telling me that my blood test tested positive for mono. this weekend, on halloween night, one of my good guy friends decided to give me a "bear" hug in which he squeezed me extremely hard and picked me up. He put huge amounts of pressure onto my abdominal area and caused me to be in pain. so what does this have to do with anything? wellll when you have mono, your liver and spleen tend to swell as a reaction to the virus. so pretty much, my friend could have ruptured my spleen...

anyways, the next day, i began having serious stomach pains and pains on my side...it was unbearable. i couldnt stand up and it hurt me to breath...this resulted in me going to the hospital.

i had to get a sonogram in order to check my spleen and liver. my spleen is fine. however, my liver is extremely tender and swollen. apart from that, my doctor made me get and xray for my ribcage because he thought one was broken due to the "bear" hug. who knew that a simple hug could do so much to the body? anyways, my ribs are fine, thank god. butttttt i was told that i have to stay in bed for a couple of days and try to avoid movement. so therefore, i am here in my bed laying down, writing one long blog so i dont have to do three of them.

in conclusion, i have realized three things. one, i hate math. two, i'm good at making last minute halloween costumes, and three, everyone has to be careful when they recieve hugs from friends.

love,

romi.