Heart it races alone.

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mood: sick

I have a UTI, mild bronchitis, the flu and/or "something viral".
So far, nothing's stayed down since yesterday morning. Excluding the last meal I ate [at 7ish] of carrot soup, one saltine and four tiny bites of a lean pocket.
Good grief.

ETA: the vomiting is likely a side-effect of the antibiotics I'm on for the UTI, since it's only happened since I've been on the medication. [In other words, probably not swine.]

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mood: still sick.

So, I'm on Sudafed and Claritin. For the illness. My mom's friend said that if I start vomiting it could be swine. I've been nauseous the past few days.
My achilles tendon on my bad ankle has been hurting for a week or so now. It's sore and it's very tense. And very difficult to canvass on. I can't get an appointment with my orthopedist til the 16th of October.

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mood: sick

music: Sublime-- Scarlet Begonias [cover]

rrrrrriing! rrrrrrring! rrrrring! rrrrrri--
Hello?
Hey, I need to schedule an appointment.
Okay.. name please?
Amy Chase; c-h-a-s-e.
Are you a patient here?
Should be, yeah.
Okay.. let me pull up your file.
...
I can't find a file for you, have you been seen here before?
Don't think so.
Okay, well, you need to have been seen here in order to get an appointment.
I'm sorry, what?
You need to have been seen prior to get an appointment here.
..I need to have had an appointment in order to get an appointment? What? How..?
You're gonna need to go to the Emergency Room if you want to be seen today.
...

It's not an emergency and I can't afford that. But really, thanks for all your help. You've made a lot of sense. Bye.


She meant that I needed to have had a physical/check-up prior. Which makes slightly more sense.
This lady I used to babysit for is a nurse. She agreed to see me on her lunch break today.

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mood: sick

I got Tasha spayed. She is tired and woozy.
I have a cold. It sucks. I'm glad it's Labor Day weekend and I don't have to work til Tuesday.
It looks like I'm moving to a house on Judson. Meeting with the guy on Monday.

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I would like to be the first to welcome you all to the OMGNATASHAHADHERBABIES post.

NATASHA HAD HER BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She gave birth this morning to three beautiful, tiny, healthy babies. One is caramel and black, I named him/her Laika. Two are tan, black and white. I haven't named them. One of the 'twins' has floppy ears and a crest. Name suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Tasha is still favoring her back right foot. Both of her back feet were caked in blood so I gave her a pedicure when I got here today. Neither of her feet have any open wounds and they don't look sore or inflamed. Her nails were kind of long so I cut them down, hoping that'll help.
Olive and Sophie are being excellent den mothers. :)

Everything is well. Everyone is healthy.

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Pigtures available here: http://community.livejournal.com/guinea_pigs/2959737.html
and here: http://community.livejournal.com/guinea_pigs/2962144.html

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mood: sick

music: The Mountain Goats-- Oceanographer's Choice

Well, I am happy to report that Sophie and Olive are recovering wonderfully. Olive's babies didn't make it, though. Their lungs weren't very well-developed. They would have had tough lives.
Natasha is still heavy with young. She's sitting in my lap now.. licking my arm. She has been favoring her back right foot. But I think it's just sore from all the waddling she's done and the fact that she weighs twice what she should.

I need to sleep more.

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mood: relieved

The girls made it through okay. They're just waking up now.
Livvy was pretty close to term, her babies were furred and are currently fighting for survival. There are three of them. She also had a very large ovarian cyst and would've had to have been spayed later in life anyways, so I'm glad that got resolved. Sophie is doing fine, her babies were young and underdeveloped.. they didn't make it.
I'm so glad they're both alright.

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The result of several accidental litters, over a dozen baby pigs are in need of homes in Syracuse, NY. They have been properly sexed and will be seperated at 3 weeks of age. I adopted two girls myself and they are absolute loves. Please adopt one or a few today. A small rehoming fee may apply. Transportation is not an issue if you live in a different part of NY; I work with the CNY House Rabbit Society and the Bunderground Railroad.
Reply here, or email me at skyXwards@yahoo.com

****These are not my pigs, I am helping out a friend.****

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mood: complacent

music: The Format-- Wait, Wait, Wait

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. Maybe? Not really sure.. It's odd. I woke up pretty upset but I couldn't quite figure out why. I had a pretty crummy night last night at work. Oh well, though, they can't all be good ones.
That was weird.

Moving on.
I won't be on the internets [aim/the facebook/lj] much anymore. If you want to get in touch with me, you will need to call or text me. I'm a little busy these days, with Easter drawing ever closer and my new job [plus the new greenpeace campaign against pirate/unsustainable fishing] I've been much more of an activist than I have been in recent years. However, I have a really though time ignoring my phone so I will get back to you as soon as I can.
I'm gonna go clean and get ready to table now.
Tonight I'm at PetCo with a bunny and a donation jar.

Also, Pupu is my snugglebuddy. In addition to being a drunk.

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mood: nauseated

music: Joshua Radin-- Today

I have a job.
I just landed one this week with CCE [Citizen's Campaign for the Environment]. I go door-to-door canvassing [right now we're trying to protect the EPF- Environmental Protection Fund]. It's something I believe in, feel strongly about, love doing, and never thought I'd get paid for.
Yesterday.. yesterday was an insane day. I ended up in Oswego canvassing for four hours. I wasn't able to use my phone the entire time. When I finally biked home, freezing, with almost all of the feeling lost in my extremities, I got yelled at by my mom when I told her what I'd been doing all day. I was sent away like a child and told that I could not have this job, and if I decided to disobey her, that she would worry constantly and did I want that burden?
You guys know me. I love my mother. She's one of my best friends. The only times I've EVER disobeyed her was the summer before sophomore year when I used to sneak out at night [and not to go to fields or anything; just to walk around in the peace and quiet of night, sometimes with a group of friends, sometimes with only one or two people, and only once alone. I stopped doing this when one night I went home and the porch light was on. I thought, shit, mom's up. I didn't think about the consequences for me. I started crying because I knew she was probably worried as all hell. It turns out that I'd turned on the light when I left and forgot about it. After that night I didn't go out again, because I didn't want my mom to worry herself sick.] and a couple of times this year around Christmas when she was gone; I watched Batman: The Animated Series with Alex Alexander and DanFields spent the night on New Year's.
So, my mom worrying about me is an incredible stress. However, the things she was saying last night were irrational. That people would march me off their property at gunpoint. And whatnot. The worst I got last night was a door slammed on me in mid-sentence. ["Hello. My name is Amy, I'm with Citizen's Campaign for the Environment. We're out tonight--SLAM."]
My mom calmed down a little and we talked more realistically. But we didn't really get anywhere.

Anyways, the point of this post is that I have a job, but I still don't know if I'm keeping it. I'd like to, hell, I hit the jackpot. Professional activism? I am so in.

I am going now to finish painting my room and then who knows. Something involving moving.

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