Bright Orange Umbrella

Today has been quite a day. I will say that it officially started at 3:30 am and will not be ending anytime soon. Currently, I'm sitting in a computer lab in the basement of the Hinds, with my new bright orange umbrella, writing in this blog instead of doing classwork.

I woke up around 3:30 this morning and decided that I wanted to finish reading Mockingjay. Well I finished it, and I'm still not sure what to think, so I will get back to you on that point. However, when I was done I wasn't tired and it was 5 am, so I watched a little Wipeout and Melissa & Joey online (because that is what busy grad students do at 5 am). Thankfully at about 7:30 I went back to sleep for about an hour.

Now fast forward to my 11 o'clock appointment at the Rheumatologist. The weather has been a bit chilly, but there wasn't any rain when I went in, it was shaping out to be a nice day. All in all the appointment went well. Other then the little bit of fun that we had while putting the needle in for my infusion. The nurse and I decide that she would try for the vein in my hand even though those don't seem to go well. The nurse had the needle in, but as she is taking some blood for testing I tell her I'm not feeling so well. I was starting to get all sweaty and a bit nauseous. The nurse was like "lets get you laying back." Because guess what, I was about to faint. Thank goodness I didn't, but now I know what that feeling is. The nurse said that I had lost the color in my face, and she thinks that it was just a bit of shock for the IV being in the hand for the first time. No worries though, the laying back did the trick and everything else went fine.

Well, that nice weather that I was hoping for all day, it didn't last. As I leave my appointment I have to walk out in the rain, not dripping but pouring rain, with no hood or umbrella. I thankfully make it to Marshall Street only slightly soaked, and proceed to purchase a bright orange, and I meant bright, umbrella. Because, heck, if I'm getting an umbrella to use with all the rain we seem to be having in Syracuse, then it might as well be bright orange. 

After my purchase I make my way to Hinds Hall, in the middle of Campus. To me it was not worth it to walk 15 mins home in the rain, spend only 2 hours there, and then walk back for class at 5. Technically I don't have my notes, but I think that I will be able to borrow paper from a classmate. I went to talk to a professor for a bit and then I made my way down to the basement into the computer lab. So here I sitting blogging. To those who actually read this, thanks. To those that don't, i do not blame you.

Now, me and my bright orange umbrella are preparing to go back outside.