So, Twit Didn't Get Me Sick

I went to the doctor today, and they ran tests and such. High Pulse, High Fever, High Blood Pressure, body aches, joint pain, cough, head congestion, sore throat, cough, and a bad smell in my throat.

They took blood, and a throat swap, and a urine test.

I have Strep Throat, and a Cold, and something that suprised me. The doctors think I have Rheumatoid Arthritis at 21 years old. I'll find out more on Tuesday.

Lunar Eclipse

Tonight is the lunar eclipse. A full lunar eclipse, right here in the North Americas, the last one until 2010. Jen's never seen one before, and Zillah was going to come down.

It's CLOUDED OVER!!

I didn't get to see it. I was so upset. But, I took Fyrecreek's advice, and went through with my plans, anyway.

It's charged. I'm cleansed, and finally dedicated.

There's no greater thrill than to call the East, and feel the wind respond. To draw down the moon, not just like any other day, but to feel it eclipse in your heart.

It was awesome.

I am Sick

My stupid little brother gave me his cold-flu-whatever-the-rest-of-the-student-body-is-passing-around.

There's Very Little

That's quite as stupid as Oklahoma weather.

Friday:35 degrees
Saturday:60 Degrees
Sunday:63 degrees
Monday Morning:65 degrees
Monday Night:37 degrees
Tuesday 4 AM: 35 degrees, Rain
Tuesday 5 AM: 39 degrees, hail
Tuesday 6:45 AM: 31 degrees, sleet
Tuesday 9:30 AM: 40 degrees, Rain
Tuesday 12:30 PM: 29 degrees, Rain
Tuesday 4:00 PM: 43 degrees, Snow
Tuesday 6:00 PM: 30 degrees, clear
Tuesday 8:28 PM: 18 degrees, clear here, snow in the middle of town, sleet on the east, rain on the west.

Man, I just love Oklahoma.

It's Odd

When your parents go from being you parents to being your friends.

Am I Odd?

Seriously. Am I?

I had a 40-something tell me today that I'm an odd person. Would you like to know why?

Because I care.

Yeah. She finds it odd that a 21-year-old cares about politics, and world issues. When I go shopping for little things, I take my cloth bag. When I go grocery shopping, I get paper bags whenever possible, and keep my plastic bags to reuse if they don't have paper. I pay an extra 2 cents to have electricity powered by the windmills from the windmill farm my house is located in the middle of. I vote. Not only do I vote, I research candidates, their voting records, their histories and platforms, and try to find the person I think can do the best job. I do volunteer work, and am concerned about social security disappearing at an alarming rate. Even though I don't plan to have children, I'm worried about the direction and world my friends' and families' children live and move in. I'm concerned for the American men and women dying in countries I'll probably never be welcome in, and wish we could help in countries like Darfur, where no one is welcome. I hold the belief that social responsibility should outweigh social status, and that being middle class but liking yourself and volunteering at a soup kitchen makes you a more valuable person than someone with insane amounts of wealth who owns 16 cars, but doesn't know the name of the person he pays weekly to wash them.

I want to find a way to take care of our resources. I think we need to decrease the global population (not using drastic measures), teach our children to be kinder, gentler, more open-minded, and smarter about the decisions they makes, work to help people in need, and learn to accept what life throws at us. I want everyone to find what makes them happy, and do it, even if it's just a weekend picnic to watch kids play. I want people to value artistic expression as must as they value athletic abilities, and to welcome the ideas and opinions of others as much as we like to talk about ours.

But mostly, I just want us all to be good people.

And apparently, that makes me odd.