I'm Starting To Lose It

[gprsh924]

I've been semi-sick for a few weeks now. I had a terrible cough and last monday I finally went to the doctor and found out I had bronchitis. As the week went on I was starting to feel better, up until yesterday morning. I woke up with a terrible sore throat and swollen lymph nodes. Thats when my fear of mono started to creep up. Since the beginning of the semester, I have been killing the books and staying up late from sunday night until thursday. The three night weekends, I was hitting the partying harder than ever. I went back to the doctor yesterday and confirmed my fears that I do in fact have mono. I don't feel too bad (aside from the sore throat) but eventually I guess I will get really tired. The only thing I can do is rest. The worst part is, though, that I can't do any physical activity or drink any alcohol for 3-4 weeks. I'm in college. I just stayed in on Halloween and am obviously staying in for round 2 tonight. And then staying in for every weekend until after Thanksgiving.

Sorry I just had to vent, I'm just incredibly bored and tired of surfing the web and watching tv. Hopefully this forced break from fun will force me to buckle down in these last crucial weeks of the semester.

[onlycafe]

have you been kissing any students?

[carambola]

pictures?

[legion]

Heh.

I'm old (30). I went out for Halloween for the first time in years. Went to Kappa Kabana. On the way there, we hit this:

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/11/01/news/doc490bd517ec01a134303461.txt

HUDSON -- A semitrailer truck that apparently failed to reduce speed on Interstate 39 when traffic slowed for an accident Friday night crashed into several vehicles, sending 10 people to area hospitals and snarling traffic for hours, police said Saturday. | Video

An initial crash was reported around 9 p.m. around three miles north of Hudson on northbound I-39, near mile marker 8. The semitrailer truck failed to reduce speed as traffic slowed for that initial crash, and it plowed into several vehicles around 9:30 p.m. about two miles south of the original crash site, Illinois State Police said in a statement Saturday.

In all, seven vehicles — three semis and four passenger vehicles, including one towing a trailer — were involved in the crashes. Ten people were transported to area hospitals by ambulance and helicopter, two or three of them critically injured, authorities said.

All lanes of Interstate 39 in both directions were reopened Saturday morning, and state police were continuing their investigation into the crash due to the number of victims and vehicles involved.

“It will probably be morning before we figure out how this happened,” state police Trooper R. L. Ross said at the scene late Friday night.

After the crash

Driver Rigoberto Garcia of Madison, Wis., who said he was moments away from colliding with the wreckage himself, described it as a chain-reaction crash. He said he saw one car smash into the back of the semi. It was smoking but it didn’t catch on fire, he said.

Garcia said the scene was unexpectedly calm right after the accidents. People were surrounded by debris and wreckage, but the scene was almost silent, he said.

“It was weird,” he said.

Rescue crews worked to free multiple victims from their vehicles after the crash. One car was trapped under the rear of one of the semitrailer trucks, and vehicles were strewn across the median, ditches and into other vehicles.

Firefighters gathered around a victim on the ground near a semitrailer truck that had run up onto an embankment toward the front of the accident scene.

Bystanders and a state trooper worked to free people from a car that was sitting by itself at the center of the scene.

One semitrailer bearing the Target store label had the back of its trailer ripped off. It appeared to be empty.

Two Life Flight emergency medical helicopters took off from the scene, the last leaving about 10:30 p.m. Police had cut away a fence to allow access from the roadway to an open field where the helicopters landed.

In addition to state police, other agencies at the scene were Normal police, El Paso police, Bloomington police, McLean County sheriff’s department, Hudson police, Carlock fire and ambulance, El Paso fire and ambulance, Hudson fire and ambulance and the state Department of Transportation.

Police have not released the names of the victims.

After sitting for 45 minutes stopped on the Interstate, we ended up backing up on the shoulder to the exit we were just 100 yards past. They had shut down the entrance to I39 at I55, but we got on past that exit...

When we got to Kappa, it was empty as no one could get there. Sadly, very few of the employees were there.

[gprsh924]

Originally Posted by onlycafe

have you been kissing any students?

Yes, but in the week or two period when I was exposed, I didn't . It was more likely from sharing cups and such at the various parties and ski tournaments I was at.

Sorry, I don't have a camera, so no good pics. I am getting a camera soon, so maybe I will snap some good ones for you guys in the near future.



Legion, that's too bad that the night ended up that way. Is everyone from the accident ok? Any serious injuries?

[TechnoViking]

Enjoy the fact that you *can* relax for 4 weeks.

Graduate, get a job (no more spring break, BTW) have a couple of kids, and being laid up is no longer an option. Suck it up, dad....18 month old kid does not give a rat's azz how you feel. Neither does that lovely bride who used to...nevermind.

That will all come later. Right now, you can rest up and get better.

I used to think I was SOOOO busy in college (BSEE). Looking back, it was pretty tame compared to now.

Feel better, though. Really. I hope you caught it by hooking up with way too many 20-something gals. You'll miss that, too.