Still not feeling great, but somewhat stable today, at least until we managed to get out of the house. We don't want to waste the time while I'm here, so we elected to just buck up and head out to Lucia for some photography. Might not end up being the smartest move, in that we'll probably be a bit drained tomorrow, but at least we're doing something. Managed to catch spawning season for the local salmon, it seems - lots of opportunities to try out the high speed on my camera, but it makes me wish for some bigger glass to get a bit closer to the suckers.
One notable moment happened just before we packed up - one of the poor fish just couldn't seem to figure things out; kept on leaping into a protruding rock ledge and falling back down. Fish fail!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Daily Post (Josh) 2010-03-16
Bah... looks like this might be the start of another migraine cycle. Continuing to feel pretty awful today, mostly nausea. Oddly, Eden's not doing so hot on migraines or nausea today either. Could as easily be a bug, I suppose, but the timing is a little odd considering I just got home last night.
A little bit of disturbing self revelation this morning. Depending on which scale in the house I check, I'm down 15-20 lbs over the last two months, although the spare tire around the waist doesn't seem to be going away. Losing everywhere else, though, including the fingers, which means my wedding ring keeps on slipping off. Time to change over to a neck cord, for the moment.
Felt semi-ok in the late afternoon and happened to notice a heck of a lot of robins invading the back yard. Interesting photo subjects, as always.
A little bit of disturbing self revelation this morning. Depending on which scale in the house I check, I'm down 15-20 lbs over the last two months, although the spare tire around the waist doesn't seem to be going away. Losing everywhere else, though, including the fingers, which means my wedding ring keeps on slipping off. Time to change over to a neck cord, for the moment.
Felt semi-ok in the late afternoon and happened to notice a heck of a lot of robins invading the back yard. Interesting photo subjects, as always.
Daily Post (Josh) 2010-03-15
Extremely rough finish to the term today. Extremely nasty migraine hit about an hour before my first final and pretty much just settled in. Horrible nausea too, which made concentrating on the respective finals (and pre-final cramming sessions) more than a little difficult.
On the plus side, neither final felt overly difficult - in point of fact I clocked in at only 16 minutes to kill off the A&P final before hitting the road to get home. A few questions on each where I completely blanked, but not bad enough that I think I'll lose the B in either class.
The ride home was actually pretty ok - while the migraine didn't go anywhere, it did shift to primarily pain, which is a bit easier for me to deal with than the other effects, sometimes.
Very nice lighting on the way home, as well - Goodman creek, just outside of Oakridge, is a place I've been wanting to catch a shot of for a while, but it's nearly always been raining or late when I pass through, up until this point. Got the makings of a pretty good panorama there, I think. Also had a bloody glorious sunset outside of Albany. Honestly, for being physically miserable pretty much the whole day, I'm in a good mood at the moment.
On the plus side, neither final felt overly difficult - in point of fact I clocked in at only 16 minutes to kill off the A&P final before hitting the road to get home. A few questions on each where I completely blanked, but not bad enough that I think I'll lose the B in either class.
The ride home was actually pretty ok - while the migraine didn't go anywhere, it did shift to primarily pain, which is a bit easier for me to deal with than the other effects, sometimes.
Very nice lighting on the way home, as well - Goodman creek, just outside of Oakridge, is a place I've been wanting to catch a shot of for a while, but it's nearly always been raining or late when I pass through, up until this point. Got the makings of a pretty good panorama there, I think. Also had a bloody glorious sunset outside of Albany. Honestly, for being physically miserable pretty much the whole day, I'm in a good mood at the moment.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Daily Post (Josh) 2010-03-14
Pi day! At this very moment, I'm about 24.5 hours away from getting home, which makes it a very good day indeed. It's going to continue to be hard to wait that long, but having that 24 hour line in sight somehow makes things a little more real.
Dr. McVay held a review session today for the A&P final, which seemed to go pretty well. Among other things, it gave me a chance to confirm my initial impression of her. Since Dr. Torres isn't teaching A&P next term, I selected her for my lecture teacher, and I'm glad that I did. She has his same passion, visibly. She obviously understands, and moreover, loves, her subject. Her level of animation was a delight to see, and she did well on clearing up a few points that I was unclear on. I must confess, I was tempted into trying to snap a few pics to capture this wonderful spirit, but the crowd in the lecture hall prevented me from getting anything I really liked - every time she'd light up, she'd seem to almost dive in front of a handy student to block the shot. Ah well, I'll have a few months to work on that, soon.
The girls and I headed back to Roxanne's after the review to try to hone our knowledge a bit more, but I'm not sure we got much out of it. I was nearly tired enough to actually manage some sleep during the day, and was forced to more or less pace in place to maintain focus. Regardless, I was picking out most of the right answers nearly in my sleep, which hopefully bodes well for my actual performance.
Bottom line, I can't wait to actually be done with this whole thing, and just take the darn tests. Soon enough, or nearly so.
Dr. McVay held a review session today for the A&P final, which seemed to go pretty well. Among other things, it gave me a chance to confirm my initial impression of her. Since Dr. Torres isn't teaching A&P next term, I selected her for my lecture teacher, and I'm glad that I did. She has his same passion, visibly. She obviously understands, and moreover, loves, her subject. Her level of animation was a delight to see, and she did well on clearing up a few points that I was unclear on. I must confess, I was tempted into trying to snap a few pics to capture this wonderful spirit, but the crowd in the lecture hall prevented me from getting anything I really liked - every time she'd light up, she'd seem to almost dive in front of a handy student to block the shot. Ah well, I'll have a few months to work on that, soon.
The girls and I headed back to Roxanne's after the review to try to hone our knowledge a bit more, but I'm not sure we got much out of it. I was nearly tired enough to actually manage some sleep during the day, and was forced to more or less pace in place to maintain focus. Regardless, I was picking out most of the right answers nearly in my sleep, which hopefully bodes well for my actual performance.
Bottom line, I can't wait to actually be done with this whole thing, and just take the darn tests. Soon enough, or nearly so.
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