My sister and I were catching up the other night and she disclosed that she is thinking about heading back to school to get her Masters in Nursing.   She’s had this plan even before she graduated from Nursing school but I didn’t realize it would be so soon.  Her only concern, however, is that she can’t afford to give up her job (what with that beautiful mortgage of hers and just recently, her new car).  So knowing what I know about Masters degrees online, I suggested she take a look at Gonzaga University’s online programs for Masters in Nursing.  She didn’t believe such a private and respectable school would even offer such a program so she looked it up herself and realized I wasn’t lying (Annie Lenox, where you at?!).  I know it’s surprising to even fathom the idea of Gonzaga University handing out online degrees but I think it’s awesome.  Did you know they are ranked as one of the nation’s best university by the the Princeton Review and Forbes magazine?  Not only that, they are also ranked number 3 in the West by US News and World Report.  Naturally, all this excited my sister — she can consider getting her Masters while still maintaining her day job.  How much more perfect can it get?

of hell.  Well, maybe not so much today.. but still.

Mr. Flu came to visit our home this past week.  My cousin A flew in from Vegas with something weird in her system and before you knew it, her dad and I had contracted something terrible.  Definitely the flu, I have to say.  The first few days were so hard, I can’t emphasize that enough.  My body ached more than a *beep* and there were instances were I would silently cringe in pain because I just couldn’t find a comfortable position to alleviate the pains my body was going through.  I have to say this is the worst kind of sickness I’ve experienced in a long time.  I’d hate even my worst enemies to go through what I had to.  I’m that generous, see.

I’ve been camping out in the little girl’s room, 5 days straight and I can tell the little girl misses me a lot.  Sometimes she’ll stand at the door and just stare at me sleep or rest and she’ll have this long face like she just wants to run over and cuddle with me like we always used to do.  Sad, isn’t it?  She even tried pretending she was sick one day so she could take her meds and lay by me so we could be sick together.  Awww.

I’ve missed two days of class already because of this wonderful visit by Mr. Flu.  Not fun.  I know an exam is in the works (probably the day I go back on Monday!) and a paper was due, I believe, this past Friday.  But heck, what do you do when you can’t even get up?  I mean, literally.  Yesterday, I was able to move around the house and do some mild chores but it wasn’t long before the sweating started again and I started to feel weak and tired.  I can’t wait to go back to normalcy, God knows — have mercy on my lungs!

I feel like I deserve a vacation after this *laugh*.  That or finally gift myself with one of those netbooks I was talking about in the summer if I were to do well in my summer class (of which I did accomplish, woohoo!).  I also think I deserve a nice, hot steaming bowl of ramen soup too.  Perfect for this weather right now — lightning and thunder!

Get well me.