My English: Totally getting better, and worse. Better, because I can speak it, but worse because I don't know how to spell for the life of me.
Life's different here for me. I've been taking care of Chris for the better of every business day with the exception of Fridays. This kid is a rock. He's pulling back from nothing, so fast. I'm amazed at his recovery and ability to pretty much do for himself in such short notice. It's great, I mean at this point, we're just taking turns, I take care of him, and he returns the favor here shortly, unfortunately. I just got the news today about the shoulder sitch. We had the doctor's appointment in Champaign this morning and doc gave the green light to operate. So that's a go, but I'm not stoked about the scar or rehab or any other thing that'll cause future pain, but I'll deal. I'll have my surgery in the better of two weeks, Friday, March 5th. (P.S. learning how to write dates and times right, is stressing me out). I have a couple of pre-op appointments in Champaign too, or near it, and alot of rules to follow. Nothing to worry about thought, the procedure is outpatient and by the weekend I should be sitting at him groaning in pain.
As far as jobs, school, etc., all I do is play nurse for Chris, which prior to today was a relatively full time job, but like I said, he's getting more and more self sufficient everyday. I'm technically not allowed to work because I don't really have too much use of my right side (hence, the shoulder issue) but, it's okay for right now, I'm living at home, well, sleeping at home, and mom's takin good care of me.
So, about future jobs, school, and etc., I will for sure be starting at ISU in the fall, we're about to pay the deposit and everything (college fees=♥). I will not be living in the dorms as a freshman, I will actually be living in the Fuel House: (www.fueleveryday.com) click around there for more info (others>fuel houses), which I'm so excited about. My goal for college initially was nursing, but that puts me as an undeclared major to start out, and that's something I'm not a fan of. So my plan: Declare Psychology as my major then do 1/3 things. 1. Go straight through and graduate and be a Psychologist. 2. Apply to the nursing school my sophomore year, second semester, see if I get in, and be a Psych Nurse, major in nursing, easily minor in pysch. OR... 3. Get crazy, and go through to med school and be a Psychiatrist, that prescribes medicine to patients, and that whole situation. We'll see, I mean it could happen that I get to school and decide the only Psyche I was to look at is my own. But for now, that's my plan. I need to have a plan so I don't go crazy.
The thing I obviously haven't planned for is this shoulder. I mean I knew it was dumb, but today I just realized how dumb. After this doctor's appointment I came to two conclusions, either I can: 1. Do all the things I want to do in life and hurt, lots. OR... 2. I can be a Careful Carla and limit myself a lot. And I know that sounds drastic, but I mean, that's my reality for now. I planned on becoming a CNA before nursing school, rollin in the big bucks and seeing if nursing was right for me, the problem: Nursing, and CNA's especially, can require a lot of heavy lifting. So Doc made all of those plans a definite No Go, which I can say I wasn't too excited about, but this may be a sign to me, that I need to relax, take on some non-heavy-lifting office job, and focus on school. Either way, I don't have a choice now. My next few months will be dedicated to getting better, with Chris, and learning how to do things again with my shoulder that'll be shortly out of commission.
America being all that it is, it's still no Germany. I miss so many people, and things. What I miss most:
- Meine Gastfamilie My Host Family. The are such great people, words cannot describe how lucky I was to come about such a great family, that literally took me in as their own. I will never forget them, and still stay in contact with them once or twice a week.
- Nutella und Honig Nutella and Honey. Now for most of you out there are saying, OH, We have Nutella and Honey here! Everything's okay... And if you're saying that, you Obviously haven't been to Germany.
- Brötchen. Oh man, and thank God I miss this delicacy, because if it was here, I would be far too wide, with no chance of getting better.
- Meine "Besties" My Besties. I miss all my friends so much, and I can't wait to visit, or vice versa, if only I had a jet, or international flights were on a huge blowout price right now.
- U-Bahn, und Laufen irgendwo The Subway, and walking places. This is definately something I took for granted while I was there. Most people say, ohhh, we can walk here, that's fine, America's "green" and blah blah blah. Have any of you tried walking down Veteran's parkway to get somewhere...? Let's test it, start at the turn from College to Veterans, and I'll meet you at Starbucks - across from Jumer's- because I guarantee wherever you were planning on going, you've already got on your phone and called your BFF to get you there. It's just not the same environment, I easily stepped right back into this society taken over by automobiles and gas and getting places quickly, but from where I live, to be fair to myself, I can't walk, I'd die. There's no side walks east of that light from Ireland Grove and Towanda Barnes. Sad, but true.
- Unsere Wasserkocher Our water-cooker. This thing boils water in like 1 minute. I love it, and the tea was SO good because of it. I'm getting one ASAP.
I'll keep you posted after surgery, I'm sure all I can do then is type and text :] (P.S. New Number: 309.826.4132)
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