When being an adult means being boring

[missroserose]

Everyone knows the flu is awful. But what I always forget about it is that it's not the initial infection that's the worst thing about it. The fever and body aches are a pain, true, as are the respiratory symptoms, but mostly it's the weeks-long recovery process from the beating your body takes. It's been nearly three weeks and I'm still not up to speed, and I have a stronger-than-average immune system. I know it's not reflective of any great moral failings, but given how capable I'm used to being, it's frustrating to be so limited. (On the other hand, it's been a good time to ruminate on the lived experience of these people I know who deal with chronic illnesses, especially less-visible ones. My hat is off to them.)

I still managed a 90 and a 93 on my finals last week, which isn't half bad considering how my focus was absolutely shot. And I'm grateful that I don't seem to have infected anybody; at least, nobody at school's come down with it, and I haven't been anywhere else. So I'm crossing my fingers that this branch of the infection chain ended with me. (Take that, Random Dude On The Plane Who Kept Coughing On Brian.)

I just found out that Andrea Gibson is performing tonight in Pilsen. I'm really torn on this; she wrote one of my all-time favorite poems, and I've wanted to see her live for a couple of years now. But I just don't think two hours on transit plus time spent waiting in line is the best plan, especially with a full class load tomorrow and Thursday. So another quiet night in it is. Sigh.

On the upside: there's a pair of incredibly impractical and sexy boots on its way to me. Now to keep an eye out for a short skirt and a looooooong jacket.

(Boots! :D)

Comments

[jamesd]

Congratulations on the successful finals! What comes next?

I think that it is best for me to censor my thoughts about that short skirt. I've already been naughty enough today. :)

[missroserose]

They were finals for the individual classes; I've got a couple months more of classes, and then I should be done by the end of July or so. After that is taking the MBLEx, and then applying to the State of Illinois for my license. And after that...well, it's entirely up to me. I really like the folks at the school here, so I'm thinking I might apply to work in their clinic or possibly even teach. I know I want to go the private-practice route eventually, although it seems like working for someone else for a bit is a good plan to build some experience and save up some money (after paying my mother back for the loan she gave me for tuition, of course). Long-term, I'm not sure. I have a vague idea of starting a yoga-and-bodywork studio, in part because I have a couple of friends who're great yoga teachers and deserve better pay than they're currently making, but to make that financially feasible I'd have to market it as a very high-end and exclusive option, which means catering to a ritzy clientele, which potentially means an awful lot of headaches. But it could also be pretty lucrative. So I may start researching that.

[jamesd]

I think that you're right about the very high end exclusive option, in part because I think that you can handle the social aspects of such interactions as well as the more hands-on work-related ones.

I also suspect that this is an option that would appeal more to you in practical terms than a production line of bodies that you may tire of after a while, intellectually as well as physically.

Agree about working for someone else and friends.

[missroserose]

(P.S. - hoping to get pictures of the short skirt and boots combo, if my husband can be convinced to help. :)

[jamesd]

You never know, if you catch him at the right time he might also take care of relaxing your muscles nicely. :) Getting him to take photos shouldn't be too hard, but whether I get to see them would be another matter, perhaps. :)

Hmmm, I suppose I could be a little more naughty when it comes to short skirt thoughts, though not terribly so. To protect the guilty I'll use a private post of my own even though it is quite tame.