Would you participate in an anti-war demonstration or a “walk for peace”? (I’m not asking about your stance on the Iraq issue, but strictly whether you’d participate in something like that.) Why or why not?

For the second year running, the Snook and I decided to forego the commercialism of the “holiday” and just enjoy being together. Therefore when he brought home flowers and the Beauty and the Beast Special Edition DVD I immediately launched into my “But you said we weren’t exchanging gifts!” tirade. He assures me, though, that these are actually “Get Well Kristy” presents that just happened to coincide with the 14th of February. Which is really great, because my conscience gets to be happy knowing we didn’t buy into all the Hallmark manufactured schmoopiness while my girly side gets to indulge in pink tulips and fairy tales. 🙂

Dr: What seems to be the problem?
Me: Well, my throat started getting sore on Sunday night and Monday I just felt awful, with fever and chills and aches. I stayed home that day thinking it was just the flu. I haven’t gotten any better though, and my throat is getting worse. Last night I looked at it and, well, it’s pretty gross.
Dr: Let me see…

He shines a little light down my throat for, like, 2 seconds.

Dr: Yep! I’ll write you a prescription. You want a note for work? Have a nice day!

That was seriously it. Elapsed time: about as long as it took you to read that. I walked out with my amoxycillin prescription and an excuse note for work. Plus since my doctor bulk-bills (i.e. only charges $25, which the government covers for office visits), I didn’t have to pay a cent. It was seriously the best doctor’s visit of my life.

A freshman has been missing from my university since December. He went out drinking with his friends, turned down their offer of a ride home, and then never showed up back at the dorm. My mom just IMed me to say they found his body in the St. Joe river. Right now it looks like he fell in. This is pretty sad. I also can’t help but wonder what effect it’s going to have on student drinking rules, which have been getting increasingly strict over the past couple years…

Damn it. I’m still feeling crappy so I just asked the Snook to take a look down my throat to make sure “I don’t have tonsilitis and they’re not all covered in pus and stuff.” I really wasn’t expecting an answer in the affirmative. A look in the bathroom mirror with a flashlight confirmed it. Crap. Looks like I’m going to be heading to the doctor tomorrow…