i have an eye infection.

argh. my right eye has been irritating me for a few days now, but yesterday when i woke up, the eyelid was all swollen and gross and kinda squishy. and it hurts a little when i blink. definitely hurts the most when i look up because that forces my eyelid to go up. asked my faithful mama jo what to do and she told me to take out my contacts and put a hot compress over it. which i did. and it helped temporarily. but today, it got a lot worse. i look gross and disgusting. i look like i have a lazy eye or something. i began to panic and unleashed it on poor jo. she successfully calmed me down and then told me that i was funny (yes, my eye infection amused her). and then somehow we got on the topic of drunkenness and she called me a belligerent drunk which is just not true. [*see following conversation at end of post.]

anyway, i was gonna shower and drive to student health center when helen came home and came to my room to say hi. all i could do was look at her pitifully and whine, "i have an eye infection." she then dragged me to rite aid (oily hair and all) to talk to the pharmacist who basically told me the exact same thing jo told me - hot compress and give it a few days before going to a doctor. great. but we spent the time talking about helen's awesome weekend in vegas. what happens in vegas doesn't ALWAYS stay in vegas. mwahaha... ;D

anyway (i just used anyway at the beginning of two consecutive paragraphs. i hate that. but i don't know how else to start it), we came back home, talked a little more, and then she left for class and i took a shower. took care of sick sanaz for a little bit. mel came home. chatted with mel for a bit. by that time, i was just too lazy to go to student health. i figured i may as well give it another full day. i'll just go tomorrow after class. i really hope they can give me something for it. i know it'll probably just go away on its own if i give it a while but i'm just not that patient. and i want to feel like i'm DOING something to actively make it go away, you know?

and also, i HATE HATE HAAAAAAATE wearing my glasses. i just hate it. they're uncomfortable and they keep slipping down my face. this forces me to be constantly pushing them up every two seconds which makes me look like a nerd. and i just realized this morning that my glasses have the old prescription on them because one lens is weaker than the other. the way i could tell this was because while i was laying on my bed with a hot compress over my right eye, i got bored and tried to watch tv by holding my glasses up to my left eye. yeah, i looked pretty dumb. but i looked through both lenses with my left eye and the right lens is definitely a lot stronger than the left lens. my eyes used to be different degrees but now they've evened out.

so anyway. i have an eye infection. and it pretty much sucks. i hate my stupid body. it's just been malfunctioning lately. my lower left wisdom tooth is growing in and it hurt for a couple days last week. a few days ago, i thought i was going to get a cold sore, but that went away. and now i have an eye infection. terrific.

as a side note, driving with my glasses has proven to be... interesting. i feel like i'm going to crash into things. but oh well. what else am i gonna do?

stupid eye.

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jo: [funny story about drunken australian girl]
cher: wow
cher: that's crazy
jo: well you know, liquid courage and all that
jo: look at yoU!
cher: what about me??
cher: i'm not THAT bad
jo: you're absolutely psycho when you drink!
cher: what?!
cher: i'm so not that bad
cher: i'm not even that bad in general
jo: cherry, you're very nearly belligerent
jo: at least when you've had enough.
cher: belligerent?!
cher: i am not!
jo: hahaha
jo: let's recap on your birthday party shall we?
cher: fine
cher: let's
jo: sluggish dancing
jo: lots of screaming
jo: and swearing at debra
cher: she kept stealing my answers!!
cher: seriously!
cher: it was like, she reached into my mind and stole them
jo: throwing cards in every which direction
jo: falling out of your chair every other 30 seconds
cher: well, that's just imbalance
cher: happens to everyone
cher: the cards...well... i was passing them out
jo: screaming for more alcohol when you've quite clearly had enough
jo: then screaming at us for giving you water instead
cher: i haaaaate it when people do that!
jo: hahahaha
cher: but then you guys just tricked me instead
cher: sneaky sneaky
jo: you sound just like Bridget jones or what's her name from confession of a shopaholic
jo: you just rationalize everything