A Hodgepodge of Subjects

Hello all. Well, here's an update. Tuesday after work I did Ruhi book 3. Then I ended up having a good long conversation with Kristin. It went till 1 o'clock-ish. That meant that my sleep was a mess because as you might recall, I hadn't gotten to sleep until 3:30 on Monday. Wednesday I was just exhausted. I called everyone for the teaching work and then went home. One of the teachers offered to give me a ride to a prayer gathering at the Baha'i Center. It was to pray for the Baha'is in Iran. There are seven that are being put on trial for some crazy charges like spying for Israel. I came home and told Kristin and My-key about it and then I crashed. Thursday was the guide dogs seminar. I was happy because the representative, Keith, was impressed at how I did the Juno walk. That's when you take a harness and put it on an instructor and pretend he's the dog. I was embarrassed because he kept telling me I needed to praised Juno and it was just awkward saying "Good boy." to Keith. One bit of good news is that I finally got a hold of the O&M people and they have an authorization from rehab to give me training. Thursday we did Ruhi book two. Chris called and asked if we were still on for Saturday. It was one of those crazy things where he invited himself and me to tasha's house. To me, that's just rude, but I was wondering if there's a cultural thing involved. But he's from the same culture that I am so it makes no sense. I talked to tasha for a minute and she said we couldn't come. I should have called the next day, but I was very busy and forgot completely. He called again Saturday but I was in the middle of teaching work. We had literally knocked on a door when my phone started vibrating. His mom got irritated as I completely can understand. I talked to her when she called because she called when we were on break. I called back when everyone left and talked to Chris for a while. He told me he had wanted to meet on Valentine's Day. *Groan*. I thought he had understood "I'm not interested." He asked me to schedule to hang out next year on the same day. I said I don't usually plan a year in advance, but knowing him, he'll remember. I can hear everyone's voices in my head. J. would be laughing. I hate it how whenever he jokes about something, he's right. First it was the date in August when I went to that bar without knowing and J. said that my date would be wanting to introduce me to his mother and sisters within the week. Well, he didn't di it, but it was definitely mentioned. With this, J. said that it would be funny if Chris had the nerve to want to hang out on Valentine's Day. It's a little weird. Friday I went to Allison's house. For all the people who like reading organized stuff, I must tell you that my stream of consciousness has been spinning out of control so my writing might be, and is right now, a little jumbled. We worked on Anna's Conversation and ate and talked a lot. Saturday I went out teaching all day. Yesterday was Sunday worship. I decided to give blood instead of going though. They had a blood drive at the center. I tried two years ago, but my iron was too low. This time it was good. The problem was that the blood clotted in the tube so it couldn't be used. I was so upset. I hate when I'm trying to help people and it all goes horribly wrong. What made it worse was that the nurses wouldn't give me any information. They kept whispering in another language. That scared me really badly because I thought something was horribly wrong with my blood. He said it might have been that I didn't drink enough water. I got done just in time to hear the end of Kristin's last song. Worship ended and we went to this Cuban restaurant called Versailles. It was Cuban food. Celine, I had your favorite, morro. LOL. We had the devotional last night. Mario came and I was really excited. I had considered really giving up on that, but when I see him, it's like I'm walking on air. I can hear Celine and Cristina having a good laugh right about now. I know that was the cheesiest line in history, but it's real. Anyway, last night I went to sleep at 11:30. But I woke up at 3:45 with a massive headache. I figured it was too late to take a sleep aid because then I'd be up at 9 or something instead of 7. Now I feel completely drained and kinda sick. I don't know what to do. It feels like the insomnia is coming back strong and I've had headaches a lot lately. I'm really scared about my energy level. I feel like it declines more quickly and that manifests itself in bad headaches. One thing I really feel like doing is hanging out with friends. There's nothing like being with your closest friends to bring back the level of energy and just to be there and sit and let you cry, scream, laugh, or whatever. I've really been longing for a Pacific Inn get-away. For those who don't know, Pacific Inn is this hotel in Seal Beach where some of us started going one spring break to get away from our families and be independent. It's optimum because Orange County and L.A. Access drop off and pick up from there. It's usually me, celine, and Cristina. I was hoping we could go as well as Tasha. She's turning 22 soon and it would be really fun to have some kind of get-together. I don't know. I don't think there's much more to say. I have a staff meeting in fifteen minutes and nobody's put anything on the agenda. Heck! We haven't even changed the date on the agenda so I guess it's not all that important. Well, I'm sure I'll see or talk to everyone who is reading this soon. Take care.
Leena