The Pnebleu Blog

Ok, so it’s been four weeks since my last post. I do apologize. This semester is going to swamp me constantly. I’ve had three exams in 6 days with one more exam on Friday. I feel like I did okay; we’ll have to see. I’ve got two projects due on Monday and several chapters to read in all of my classes. But, I’m trying to, and for the most part succeeding, in staying on top of everything.

I do believe this culture of ours is overly stimulated and hyperactive. We always have something to fill in every last minute of our days. I’m guilty of this for sure. I have podcasts that fill up my “free” time. We all need to step back and just think; not about anything in particular or specific, just mentally float.

Something you may already know if you know me personally is that I’m a hopeless romantic. I’m the one who wants the guy to get the girl. Lately, I’ve just had a strong concern or desire to find a woman to complete my life. I want to find a soul mate to share everything with. I don’t know why I’ve been thinking about marriage lately; maybe it’s because I’ve been too busy to do anything social, but getting married has always been a strong desire of mine. Yes, I know, this is really deep so I’ll be moving on now.

I’ve had a pretty continuous argument with my dad about Wikipedia for the past couple of years. He says that it can’t be used for anything, because it is unreliable. I don’t believe that to be true. There have been many, many times that Wikipedia trumps any other place to find info for my college homework or studies. You have to take the info with a grain of salt, yes, but you have to do the same thing with college textbooks which are written by individually biased, intentionally or not, professors. Every time you go to a lecture or read a page out of a textbook, you are taking the word of the author that the information is accurate. With Wikipedia, you are taking the word of groups of people who have edited and are re-editing the page. Along with that, I believe that the history of the edits is available so viewers can go back and compare the different entries for false information or back and forth changes of a controversial issue. So, to sum all of this up, where ever you get your information, you must look at the source to verify accuracy.

Well it’s halfway through the second week of class and I definitely feel overwhelmed. I had to talk to Brook before I refocused and took on the challenge. I don’t know how I’m going to manage everything. But! But, I will! If there is anything I know about my life, it’s that God has given me the ability, so far, to excel in school. So, I will proceed with all of my wits about me to focus hard on the goal of continuing my 4.0!

Also, I still am in pain with my teeth, gums, and cheeks. I am stilling eating really soft foods. It hurts to smile. I don’t handle swallowing pills very well. (My subconscience keeps my mouth and throat from allowing the pill down.) Hopefully, it’s healing correctly and as fast as it can. I want to be done with it all!

Here’s another update about my condition. I haven’t taken anymore Vicodin. I didn’t really help too much. I didn’t have any side-effects from it, though. I’ve stopped bleeding and drooling. Yea! Eating is still a challenge, but I have to eat something because I need food to take the antibiotic. My jaw is sore. There are big holes in the back of my mouth, which freaked me out quite a bit. I’m worried about getting food in them. Hopefully I’ll be back to mostly normal on Monday.