The last couple of a weeks have been relatively interesting...let me share:
My mom and I set out on a road trip to Ohio to pick up my nephew from college. 8 hours in a car driving to Ohio is something I never want to do for a very very long time. Road trips and I do not get a long. Early in my 20's I had this pipe dream of driving with my friends to California and back. Thank God I never did that! We stayed overnight in a small town, Fairborn, as his school is in the next town over, Xenia. Now, I've never stayed in a Motel 6 before and the experience wasn't that bad. My mom did find it necessary to point out that the last time I stayed in a hotel was in Thailand...not a motel 6 let me tell you. I braved the accomodations, checked for bedbugs, and I made it through the night. My first experience at the Waffle House was a bust but Cracker Barrel was ahmazing! I need more Cracker Barrel in my life! My nephew acquired more stuff than what he came up with including a $400 keyboard. Why? I don't know, especially when he was calling my mom every 5 minutes for money. Hmmm? I kindly pointed that out to her and promptly made my exit from the conversation. There was a very long discussion (lecture) about the importance of being truthful and not spending money frivolously and "I hope you get a job over the summer because I'm not giving you any money to go back to school..." Famous last words from a grandmother. We shall see come August!
I was nursing a cold the whole week prior to the road trip, and I thought I battled it nicely. Think again! Over the weekend, I developed an ear ache which turned into a full blown ear infection. This ear infection came fully equiped with the worst pain I've ever felt in my life. I mean it was crippling. It felt like something was trying to expand my ear canal but my ear was having none of it. I was crying from the pain and nothing was working. So, I decided to see my doctor who is the bomb diggity. She tells me I have an ear infection (Shocker!) so she prescribes me some powerful antibiotics and steroids to reduce the inflamation. It took 2 days but Yay! for steroids and the antibiotics. The antibiotics has caused leakage, though. It's white, it smells, and I have a stream coming out of my ear. Yes, I know, it's gross! Do you know how when you have pink eye and the crusty stuff comes? I have that in my ear. Gross ^2! I'm working on Day 7 of my meds and if it's not clear by the end of the cycle, I have to see an ear nose and throat specialist. My doc said something about putting something in my ear and draining it. Oh the horror! I've never had any sort of procedure done on any part of my body before so it's quite scary for me. I pray it won't come to that. I feel much better though. Horray for small miracles!
Still no news on the OMS front, however, there are some in the yahoo group who are getting their invites. Just not me! Someone in the group said they read on the state.gov website that there were 1400 applicants this time around. So, out of 1400 where do I rank among all of them if some are getting their invites and I'm not? It was also said that all of the invites will go out by the end of the month. Today is the 15th. I'm stressed and self-doubt is really starting to creep in. Maybe I'm not as awesome as I think I am and the DOS thinks that I suck. I don't know. Maybe I'm getting myself worked up for no reason at all! *sigh* This whole process is crazy. Maybe it's just a test to see how well people can deal with it all. I'm failing miserably. No news is good news!!!
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