EpilepsyBlogger: Just a Plain Old Blog About College and Whatnot

Hello everyone!

Today I am writing another plain old blog. It's been a while since you and I have just "talked". So let's skip the lovely interviews today, and talk a little about what's going on in my life.

For starters, I have finally started college at Texas Tech University. I am attending online, simply because I am too sick at the moment to attend full time. But it's working out great. The classes are a bit difficult, but I'm starting to get the hang of everything. I have some cool instructors and since I'm computer-savvy, it isn't difficult for me to get used to the online classes. I've finished my first 5 assignments already and I feel quite accomplished! Now let's just hope I pass all my classes!

I do want to mention that it's quite ridiculous how much textbooks cost. Even used they are near $80.00! I decided to simply rent mine on NookBook by Barnes & Nobles, but I only get to keep the books for 180 days and it's still about $60.00 a book. It's quite frustrating. My mother has paid for the first book, and I'm going to pay for the last book today. I feel awful making her pay for everything now that I have a job.

My job at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt is going well. It was bumpy for a while due to my random uprise in seizures. I called in twice and I was sure that I'd be fired, but thankfully I was not. I even had an issue with my calendar and missed work (what a disaster) and thought I would be fired at that point as well. Thankfully my manager let me off with a write-up, but I still feel absolutely awful about the whole thing. I really like the job and I want to keep it.

I missed work for several reasons. Both of my grandmothers were in the hospital, and I was at home watching the kids that morning. The night before I had a grand mal all by myself in bed, and took a heavy tranquilizer. I had texted my manager asking if I worked, and I guess he just didn't get the text because he didn't reply. I was half out of my mind and assumed that I just didn't work. It truly was on my part that I missed work. I didn't notice that the schedule my manager sent me covered the last two days of January... But I feel like I could have gotten a little more leeway on my manager's part, given the disastrous circumstances. It was way too much to handle at once... But how can you expect someone to understand?

I often have a hard time getting people to understand that seizures are nothing to shrug off. It may be because I do such a good job of shrugging them off myself. I just hate the thought of asking for pity from someone. Many of my friends say that that is okay to do sometimes, but I disagree. Am I just stubborn? Who knows. Maybe if I showed that I was struggling a little more, I would get more lenience at work. Or would I just get fired?

I really don't want to lose this job. It's a nice environment, as I mentioned. The job isn't very easy, but it's easier than H-E-B Grocery was. There are no fluorescent lights causing me migraines and seizures. I'm not constantly running back and forth and down isles looking for products for customers. The hours are great, and the pay is just the same. Rather than the measly 4 hours I got twice a week at H-E-B, I get 8 hours three times a week.

I need to save up, too. At this rate, I'll need all the money I can get just for textbooks and classes next semester. I also want to have some money saved up for when I move out, or when I go to visit my boyfriend at the Air Force Academy in the future. He'll be in Colorado, and I'll be here. So both of us will have to do our part to see one another. Oh gosh... and I still need to pay for driver's ed!

Well, it's 4:48am and I'm finally tired. The insomnia is giving in to my Melatonin... Finally. Thank you for reading all this crazy talk, and please stay tuned for some awesome upcoming love stories. Be sure to check out the ones that are already out by visiting my home page! You can find them all there!

Goodnight!

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