About me
As the title suggests, this is a chronicle of my changing times. I currently live Arlington, Virginia and I go to graduate school at ESIA at GWU. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Haskovo, Bulgaria. Now I'm what's called a RPCV. I see this as an open diary of where I was, where I am and of course where I hope to go. It's a record of the daily trials, tribulations, successes and distractions of my journey. I hope you enjoy it. Welcome to a slice of my world. I'm also obliged to say that this is not an official Peace Corps website and the views and information presented here are my own and do not represent official Peace Corps views.
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I'm one of those people who like to be busy. I always feel like I could and or should be doing something. This isn't to say that I'm a 'Type A' personality, my attributes don't necessarily fit that bill. Just as long as I can remember I've enjoyed being busy. Sitting around and relaxing makes me feel lazy and I usually think about what I could have done after I've taken a bit of downtime.
Yet this impulse to stay busy usually means I end up overextending myself. And not necessarily a little bit, but rather usually by a lot. Of course to keep all my commitments I end up running from one thing to the next having very little time to do simple things like eat or sleep. On average when running at full steam, I get about 3 - 5 hours of sleep a night.
Unfortunately this leads me to crash and burn every now and again. This past week or so has been one of those times. I've managed to catch a rather nasty cold which just won't go away. I thought I was getting better last Thursday when I got the news from Syracuse, but apparently I overdid it and ended up spending the weekend indoors again. After consulting with the PC Medical staff (and my mom) I finally agreed to go to the doctor today.
Thanks to Rumy, my counterpart, and a few other colleagues who recommended their local GP's to me, I got in this morning. Good news is that my blood pressure is good and my lungs sound healthy. Bad news is my throat is swollen, red and generally in bad shape. I've been placed on antibiotics and hopefully will be back to full strength in the next few days. Until then all I can do is sleep, eat soup and drink tea with honey. We'll see how long before I'm up and running...
Posted by: mjmarble at February 27, 2007 01:22 |
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sick, daily life
