Not a lot of news yet

Well, I don't have much news as of yet. The new headache medicine seems to be working pretty well for me to this point. Of course, my good head condition might have just as much to do with the fact that I've eased up (not abandoned, just relaxed) on the headache diet a bit and am no longer stressing out about every little thing I put into my body. I am still going to try to eat healthier, however. . . Unfortunately, I fear the medicine is affecting my running. I can't seem to make it very far at all before I completely peter out. I have been assured that my body will adjust to the medication after a bit, and I should be able to get back to "normal." I can't tell how much of my drowsiness is a result of the medicine and how much is a result of the rest of my life. But hopefully once I've adjusted to the medicine I'll be a bit more alert again. . .

I got a phone call from myfavoriteaunt yesterday. It was strange that she was calling to talk to me because I have little to no contact with any of my extended family. However, I'm glad that she did call. She called to tell me about a week-long writer's workshop that's going to be held in her area in June, and offered to let me stay with her and my uncle during the workshop if I decide I want to go. She also offered to pay for my application fee because she knows I'm not working and that money is a big concern of mine right now. How nice is that? I've wanted to do one of these extended writer's workshop/getaway things for some time now, but I haven't done it because of school and the fact that during the past tenish years of my life I haven't really had any definite idea about where I was going to be within a couple of months of any given time (as it turns out, a good bet would've been my parents' house). I'm kind of on the fence about committing to the workshop right now because I hope to have a job by then, and if I do, who knows if I'll be allowed time off. At the same time, however, my new no-procrastinating goal would seem to indicate that I shouldn't avoid doing something that I want to do simply because some other obligation may arise later on. I also would like the opportunity to get to know my Aunt and Uncle a little better. I've been hermiting myself away so much lately that I don't really know a lot of the people that I feel I should know. I should decide for sure by the end of the week, but I think that right now there's a 75% chance that I'll end up going.

Now for a story about me being a really bad uncle: So my nephew was sick and throwing up on Saturday. While my sister and brother-in-law were dealing with him, I tried to keep my niece out of their hair by playing with her. Good plan, huh? Well, wait until you hear the rest of the plan. The second part of this plan was to send my niece screaming to her mother's arms while bleeding from the lip. Yeah. Distract the kid with a gushing wound. Good plan. The best part of the story, however, is that after she was mostly calmed down, my niece came up to me and said, "Uncle [Procrastinator], next time try not to do that. Okay?" Okay. I'll try not to make you bleed anymore. I promise.

I'm grateful for myfavoriteaunt (20).