The last time I'll ever be nice...or stupid!

Yesterday I donated a whole bunch of books. I carried them in plastic grocery bags. I had 5 full bags and they were heavy. By the time I dropped them off, my fingers were numb. One has not recovered almost 24 hours later. I have a numb finger. How fucking weird is that? Fortunately it doesn't impede my progress at all, but it does feel strange.

Today I'll be done with my med school aps. I only have 2 left and although I do have to write a bit more, they shouldn't take me too long. I'll do it while I am watching the baseball game tonight. Go Astros!

Last night I got sick. I was dead sick. My nose was dripping and I couldn't breathe. I felt like I had been run over by an 18 wheeler. I felt even worse this morning and had to have a 20 minute pep talk before I could get out of my bed. The odd thing is that I felt 100 times better as soon as I was up and had blown my nose. I have felt pretty much really good all day up until just a few minutes ago. I was supposed to go see taz tonight, but I don't want to get him sick and I should get more work done, so I'll just wait and see him some other time.

My brother and I love to talk trash about baseball. He's routing for the cardinals and of course me for the Astros. Here is an e-mail exchange after the 5th game (Pujols got a homer in the top of the 9th to put them at 1 ahead - we didn't recover).

Me to him:

"Pujols ain't got nothin. He just got lucky and that luck is about to run out. Go 'stros!"

Him to me:

"You suck, the astros suck, and pettitte certainly sucks. Cards all the way. I'm going to send Eckstein over to your apartment to give you a noogie. Or perhaps an indian sunburn."

"I had some nice flashbacks the other night going through my baseball cards (which aren't worth crap these days). Found the card that I had Nolan Ryan autograph (now he's gained a bit of weight, hasn't he)... Rookies back then are veterans now. It's been a long time, but I still have a soft spot in my heart for the Astros, and it would be very exciting if they made it to the world series for the first time EVER."

"Too bad they are about to get whupt."

Man I love baseball. Okay, time to leave work, take a nap, and try to kick some of this virus' butt.