Allergy Horrors- Part 1

Last month I had to go visit the doctor (fun times) so I could FINALLY figure out what foods I was allergic to. Luckily I go to an integrative doctor rather than a conventional one (which means I don't have to have dangerous shots forced on me all the time and I get the opportunity to take helpful supplements and such) so the checkup itself wasn't that bad. Rather, it was the blood giving part that really shook me up.

I had known for a while that I would have to give blood for the allergy tests, but nothing prepared me for the horror. I made it through the actual blood giving okay by staring at the wall as though I were obsessed with it and pretending that I didn't exist. Then as I sat there recuperating, I figured the worst was over and that I had made it. Then the nurse, bless her heart, suddenly decided to tell my mom a whole host of stories about people fainting after giving blood. Needless to say, the thought that I might faint hadn't really crossed my mind before, but it sure as heck crossed my mind now. As the nurse gabbed on and on my stomach started to hurt really really bad and my ears started ringing. I tried to shake it off and act like nothing was wrong, but (suggestive and hypochondriacal person that I am) I couldn't and instead started to panic (which didn't really help matters much). Somewhere in the middle of a story involving a girl fainting dead away and bouncing off the wall, my stomach hurt so bad I was SURE I was going to puke and the world was slowly starting to fade away. I'd never fainted before, but I figured that if you got to the point where you started seeing black spots and your ears were ringing so badly you could barely hear that you were pretty darn close. I finally voiced my concerns, and the nurse, (as though she had been expecting this all along) made me lie down. I lay there for a long time, white as a sheet and trying my best not to think about blood-related things. It was difficult let me tell you....

Finally, I was able to sit up without the world spinning wildly and I found that my terrible nausea had passed (I wonder what it is about fainting that it has to include the urge to puke...). I weakly left the doctor's office, deciding that I would NEVER give blood again unless under emergency circumstances and that anyone who tried to force me to do so under unnecessary circumstances would be severely throttled.....

Well, I waited about 3 long weeks after that for the results of my allergy test. After such a long period of anticipation I was about to discover whether my strange reactions to dairy were truly that or just me being a hypochondriac (my brothers tended to declare for the latter option)....I must say though, that the test surprised me quite a good deal.

To be continued.....;)

Books These Days....

What goes through the heads of the majority of authors of teen books these days? Do they really have such a low opinion of this generation?

Honestly, too many teen books are filled with absolute crap (if you want to be blunt about it). Cursing is rampant (are we honestly that short on vocabulary that we can't think of better words to express our thoughts?), all the characters seem ignorant of even the most basic morals and I won't even begin to talk about the sex element.... Sex is a beautiful gift from God (when saved for marriage), whereas these books turn it into a cheap, meaningless nothing. Sickening.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to say that I want to read books about goody-two-shoes and teenagers who do no wrong. It just would be nice to read something that doesn't make me cringe, turn red, or attempt to hide the book deep in my abysmal closet so my mom doesn't see it...It would also be nice to read about teenagers who are not completely without a sense of moral direction and who don't abuse sex in such disgusting ways. I mean honestly people. Are today's teenagers really that....bad?

Thankfully not that all modern-day books are like that. The Harry Potter books are some of my most favorite books in this whole wide world and the Twilight books (surprisingly enough) don't have any overboard sexual discussions/depictions. However, such books seem to be few and far between. It sure does make my day to know the high expectations authors have of us teenagers. Thanks guys.....

It is I

Yes, I am the ULTIMATE blog slacker and there is no competition for that title....BUT summer is finally here which means I am a free woman. Thus, I will have much more time to post...

As to summer, it has been pretty darn amazing so far. I have gotten to hang out with some of the most amazing people in the world, have gotten to read my romance novels and psychology books to my heart's content (and the reading is still going on) and have rediscovered the art of relaxing. ;) I also have had a heart bursting with pride because my little brother got the part of Kurt in the play "The Sound of Music" that our town is putting on (if you don't know who Kurt is or what "The Sound of Music" is than you are seriously deprived....haha). I am rather obsessed with that movie (I've been watching it since I was 6 after all) and getting to help him with all the music is probably more fun for me than it is for him....The sad part is though that I will just so happen to be out of town the week of the performance (yes, the VERY week of the performance a vacation just had to be scheduled for me. That's my luck for you...). The vacation will be awesome hopefully (seeing as how it's to Boston and I've never been anywhere quite that exotic so far) but missing the play might just finish me off....I will just have to settle for dress rehearsals I suppose *sigh*

So anyways that's what's been going on with me. In future days I will give you some more details of some things coming up and some experiences I've had lately, but for right now I'm gonna go cause my eyes are getting weary of staring at this screen and I really don't want to go blind for the sake of blogging (though it IS a rather good sake I must say....;) ). Later