*disclaimer* the following was written by a former student nurse and contains graphic imagery of vomiting. DONT SAY YOU HAVENT BEEN WARNED!!!
ergh! the past few days have been simply horrible! i went shopping with mum on wednesday in town, only for about an hour, and when we got home i just started throwing up..for no reason. and it didn't stop for the next 24 hours!!!! every 15 minutes....now i'm a primary teacher so i can't add up, but i know that is one heck of a lot of throwing up!!! and of course there wasnt that much food in my stomach, so up came the bile and stomach juices, then finally dry wretching...oi :( i was so thirsty but as soon as i tried to drink anything..up it came! i had a temperature of nearly 39 degrees yet i was shivering despite all the doonah's and hot waterbottles around me.
on thursday nite mum rang the hospital and they said that if i kept throwing up to take me into emergency. luckily for me, i stopped! but the sick feeling and wooziness continued. I looked like walking death! no colour in my skin, i lost 2.5 kg & it was hard to stand up and i was hallucinating a lot of the time.
its now sunday, and im still feeling pretty dodgy. Yes, the chucking up has stopped but my head is really fuzzy and my stomach feels like its made of lead. I've only eaten 3 meals since wednesday. i feel sick just by looking at food. which i guess, is a good thing! although not the most sensible way to lose weight!
so i have entertained myself by starting up a new webpage. I haven't yet decided, but it may end up being my one and only main page. So please visit 'Gertrude's Chill out Cafe'. the addy is:
kellyjoy.multiply.com
i've got photos, my surgery video, music & other stuff there. its awesome!
and can i just say that although we all promise to post more blogs and more comments more often when we are on holidays cause we'll have 'sooo much spare time' - none of you actually are!!!!! mwa, usually a veryy slack poster is beating you all by far! (maybe that is just proof that you have more exciting lives than me!!!)
anywho, catchya later
Kelleee :)
.....breathe kelly breathe.........ok, so in case you didn't know i am currently having a myocardial infarction (for you commoners who don't understand medical terms it simply means 'heart attack') so nothing to worry about, totally normal really..... ok...the reason for this palpitation is that i just checked the prices of airfares on the internet to africa.....and theyve gone up 600 DOLLARS!!!! arrrrghhhhh!!!!!!! i really hope that our trip leaders booked the flights a month or so ago...i paid the deposit but what if they like forgot? or they got so busy over christmas??? man flying overseas is so darn expensive!!! you think 'oh yeah its only $3500" but you forget about the little things like.....renewing your passport which expired...new luggage (thanks to my soon-to-be-brother-in-law i don't have to worry about that), vaccinations and oral medications, a new wardrobe (cause im sure every tourist in africa is expected to dress in a full safari outfit!!!) , etc etc etc. well i guess that i'm just gonna have to pray some more about it!!!
another thing which i am stressing about is whether or not to go to wallace's 21st in brisbane. It is especially difficult when you have CERTAIN people (not mentioning any names sonnie!!!) saying: "You soo soooo have to come up for Wallaces party!!!! *puh-leeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaa aase*" to address this issue logically, the following are my reasons for not going: (a) its a tad expensive- $90 for the bus plus train fares (b) I have NO idea what to buy him for his b'day (why are guys so darn hard to buy for???) (c) Clinton will be there and i really do not want to see him or his dumb new car, or his new classroom (JUST JOSHIN CLINTON!!!) (d) I have a bridesmaid dress fitting on the monday
and my reasons for going are: (a) Sonnie is giving me a guilt trip (b) it would be soooo nice to see everyone again before college starts (c) I would do anything to get away from my desk and tons of paperwork for my lawsuit
hmmm...what to do?? what to ddoooo?????
The third and final thing which is stressing me today is the fact that I have just been notified that i have exactly 6 weeks to do an ENTIRE semesters subject!!! if i dont finish it, chances are i'll have to stay at college an extra semester (so i'll be there for 5 and a half years....nooooo!!!!) and its a way dodgy subject too..christian studies. Now i like Christianity, and i like Studying, but when you put them together it is just WRONG!!!! and i am not terribly self disciplined when it comes to distance education work (i admire you sonnie for doing an entire DEGREE through distance ed!!!)
i am home and boy oh boy does it feel GOOD!!!! mum and i spent the week at my sister\'s house in brisbane; and the whole time i couldn\'t wait to get out of there! We spent the week shopping and shopping and shopping for the wedding. My sister ordered her wedding dress, which is sooo beautiful!!! but i tell you what, finding bridesmaid dresses was by far the most stressful event! i think it would help if the 4 of us weren\'t so picky (me, mum, monica and Rowena the other bridesmaid). my sister has changed her mind on the colour scheme 10,000 times, but has finally settled on green. now its no ordinary green, its a very rare green, so do you think that any of the shops had it??? nope! we looked at all the bridal shops in brisbane and the gold coast (well it felt like it!) and tried on sooo may dresses, but they either weren\'t flattering, or were the wrong style, too expensive, too \'bridesmaidy\' etc. i personally want a dress i can wear more than once. I mean really, who would spend $300-400 dollars on a dress to wear it one day??? so we\'ve finally decided to get the dresses made by a dressmaker. It\'ll be the same price, or possibly more expensive than buying one, but at least we get to design the dress exatly how we want it, and it can be adjusted (cause we are all planning on losing weight for the wedding!)
so having that sorted out we are all mentally and physically exhausted and the brisbane weather didn\'t help at all! i ended up getting wheeled around in a wheelchair by my sis cause my back couldn\'t handle all the strain. So right now, having gotten home an hour ago, am lying down in the guest room sipping a cold drink....ahhhh......gotta love the country. I wouldn\'t swap it for anything!!! the city is fine, for a day or so, but after that it annoys me. there is simply nothing to do! you have to bolt your windows, always lock your front door, can\'t sunbake nude in the backyard, can\'t talk loudly in case the neighbours hear...its HORRIBLE!!!!
well i just got an ipod shuffle, so im gonna play with it cause its more interesting than you!!! JUST JOSHIN!!!!
Happy Sabbath Everyone and a belated happy new year and all that....
