Recently...

• ...my seeds that I planted a few weeks ago have sprouted. I'm not too excited though, because all I have is 12 basil plants. My mom is freaking out. "What are we going to do with all this basil?!" But apparently I can mail them. (?) If you want a bitty basil plant, let me know!
• ...have nothing about migraines to report!
• ...saw Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End. It was ok. Visually great, plotwise not so much. But I liked the cameos of Judy Dench and Keith Richards. And Jack Sparrow is just awesome.
• ...have been taking a picture every day for EDiM III! My inspiration has gone down, especially with classes, but I have taken a picture every day. I haven't cheated or anything, so I am proud about that. It's weird that after tomorrow I won't have to drag Coral and my camera up and down the stairs with me everywhere.
• ...found a new iPhoneography application, the Pudding Camera, and have been experimenting with it. I have a new set for it over on Flickr; check it out.
• ...had a Star Trek film marathon for the past two days, and am Star Trek-ked out.
• ...finished a lot of projects I need to blog about in the upcoming days.
• ...finished my semester with a 2.89 GPA, which wasn't what I wanted, but I passed on my classes.
• ...and started summer classes. An astronomy lecture Monday through Thursday from 9.30 until 11.45, and a lab Tuesday through Thursday from 12 till 3. Waking up is a pain, and class is boring, so much so I've taken knitting!

Recently...

I had a lovely Easter, which included planting seeds (I have sprouts!) and dyeing eggs.

Have been having off and on migraines and went to 3 out of 9 classes this week.

And stayed in tonight with my kittehs and knit.

(Afghan crocheted by my grandma.)

Tomorrow: Every Day in May Part III!

Recently...

I've been out with a migraine, yet again. It's really unfortunate. It seems as though they've really increased this year, which is disconcerting. It was about a 6 day thing, Monday and Tuesday of last week being separate events, then Wednesday night until this morning. Nothing was working and I was in a lot of pain so I went to the emergency room, once again.

Doesn't everyone's mom take pictures of them as they're snoozing in the ER?

They started me off with a mix of oxygen, Benadryl and Reglan, which is apparently a stomach medicine, but when combined with the Benadryl has good results for migraine patients. It didn't work too well for me. It did take away the nausea, but then I was given three things (I'm not sure if it was vials, or cc's or what.) of morphine, and two prescriptions for Fioricet (a butalbital/caffeine/acetaminophen medicine) and Vicodin. When I got home I unfortunately had to work on a research paper, ironically about migraines, but with the Fioricet and plenty of water I managed to get it done. When I woke up this morning I took another dose, and have been fine! I was able to go to both my classes and even do a bit of shopping, along with some homework, so I feel great. I'm going to watch my triggers, especially since I think orange soda gave me the migraines last Monday and Tuesday, and see a neurologist once this semester is over.

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Though I was in a lot of pain I still got out to enjoy the nice weather last Friday.

I've been making some "cookies" for my amoeba hexagon blanket.

A practice dress for Coral, my Blythe. She will be unboxed on May 6th!!!! and I want to have some clothes to put her in and take her around and photograph.

Cat butt!

Recently I...

• was out of commission for two weeks with a rebound migraine. It was pretty intense, and I was given a shot of steroids which made it go away the next day.
• had a midterm, an essay, and abstract with annotated bibliography due the week after I recovered, but successfully got it all finished, and hopefully excellent grades.
• am on spring break.
• am not in New York City like I had planned, but stayed here to catch up on all the readings I missed, which turned out to be a lot more than I expected. I'm actually glad I did; I think I'll be really prepared for my upcoming exam on the Silk Road.
• enjoyed the nice weather.
• have pictures to post from St. Patrick's Day, but cannot locate the camera cord to my DSLR (Charlie). 
• cleaned my room, bathroom, and sewing room.
• made a delicious uber veggie soup, which I will post.
• started a granny square afghan out of Lion Brand Homespun.
• finished a hat for my mom, a Christmas present.
• jumped on the Blythe bandwagon.
• want to keep updating this blog regularly!
• and have more reading to do before I fall asleep.